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The Turkish Central Bank signed an agreement with defense and technology firms Aselsan and Havelsan, and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) for the research, development and testing processes of potential digital Turkish lira.

The Turkish Central Bank (CBRT) and People's Bank of China (PBOC) expanded their swap agreement, which was signed in May 2019, by 35.1 billion Turkish liras ($4.12 billion) and 23 billion Chinese yuan ($3.59 billion).

Turkey's manufacturing sector used 77 percent of its capacity in December, according to a Central Bank survey released on Dec. 26.

The capacity utilization rate (CUR) of the manufacturing sector fell slightly this month, 0.2 percentage point on a monthly basis.

Turkey's outstanding short-term foreign private-sector debt dropped in September, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) said on Nov. 15.

The official reserves of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) totaled $101.1 billion in September.

The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) on Oct. 24 cut its one-week repo rate by 250 basis points.

Economists, surveyed by Anadolu Agency on Oct. 21, predicted that the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) will further reduce interest rates.

Turkey's outstanding short-term foreign private sector debts fell in August, the country's Central Bank (CBRT) said on Oct. 16.

The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) on Oct. 1 opened a foreign exchange gold swap market.

Turkey's external assets amounted to $244.6 billion as of July this year, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced on Sept. 20.