Turkey Hikes Interest Rates to 15%

Turkey’s central bank almost doubled interest rates to 15%. Annual consumer inflation has come down from 85.5% in October but was still 39.6% in May. The lira weakened further after Thursday’s rate hike news, dropping more than 2% to a new record low of 24 to the US dollar.—cnn.com

Answer the following questions to check your understanding of the story.

1) What can Turkey’s central bank hope to achieve by raising interest rates?

Turkey’s central bank can hope to achieve ______________.

2) What is the Taylor rule, and with Turkey’s economy at full employment, is the increase in Turkey’s interest rate consistent with it?

The Taylor rule is a rule that sets the policy interest rate to __________ the inflation rate and Turkey’s interest rate __________ consistent with the Taylor rule.

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