Foreign exchange reserves

No Central Bank intervention in FX market, says Erkan

The Central Bank is not intervening in the foreign exchange market, Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan has said, pointing out that the increase in reserves is an indication of this.

"If there had been interventions in the U.S. dollar [in the FX market], reserves would have not increased that much," Erkan said in an interview with daily Hürriyet.

Central Bank’s reserves reach new record level

The latest data have shown that the Turkish Central Bank's gross reserves have climbed to a new all-time high.

The bank's gross reserves increased from $136.5 billion on Nov. 24 to $140.2 billion on Dec. 1.

Foreign currency reserves rose from $91 billion to $93.2 billion, while gold reserves climbed from $45.5 billion to $46.9 billion.

Confidence in economic program increasing: Şimşek

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has confirmed Türkiye's credit rating as "B" and changed its credit rating outlook from "stable" to "positive."

"Confidence in our medium-term program is increasing," Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek wrote on social media platform X on Dec.1, commenting on S&P's move.

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