10+ hour, 9+ min ago   (274+ words) The figure was the lowest quarterly rate since 2005. Türkiye’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage points from the previous quarter to 7.9 percent in the April-June period, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Aug. 19. The figure was the lowest…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago   (387+ words) Britain's annual inflation rate climbed in July in line with analysts' expectations, official data showed on Aug. 19, driven by higher energy bills. The Consumer Prices Index rose 2.9 percent in the 12 months to July, up from 2.6 percent in June, the Office…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (326+ words) The number of paid employees in Türkiye’s trade sector has recorded year-on-year growth for 80 consecutive months, surpassing 3.5 million in the first half of the year, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Employment in the sector rose to…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (281+ words) Iran’s economic problems have worsened since the start of the war with the U.S. and Israel, due to declining oil revenues and the destruction of factories, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said. In remarks carried by Iranian media on Aug. 15, Pezeshkian…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (280+ words) Prime office rents in Istanbul increased by 13 percent year over year, reaching $52 per square meter per month, according to a Cushman & Wakefield’s report. Persistently low vacancy rates in the Central Business District (CBD) and the limited supply of prime office…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (288+ words) The number of paid employees in Türkiye’s industry, construction, trade and services sectors increased by 2.5 percent year-on-year in June 2026, reaching 16.33 million, according to official data on Aug. 14. Among the main sectors, employment in industry declined by 1.1 percent annually to 4.83 million,…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (259+ words) Participants in the Central Bank’s August Survey of Market Participants raised their year-end consumer inflation expectation to 29.43 percent, compared with 29.21 percent in the previous survey period. The survey monitors the expectations of decision-makers and experts in the financial and real…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (354+ words) War-related increases in energy costs and higher food prices have pushed the Central Bank’s end-2026 inflation forecast to 28 percent, though Governor Fatih Karahan said the revision did not reflect a deterioration in the underlying inflation trend. In its third Inflation…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (529+ words) The Central Bank of Türkiye governor signaled on Aug. 13 that the monetary authority will maintain a strict policy stance despite a minor easing in consumer prices, warning that volatile global energy markets and elevated food costs threaten the country’s disinflation…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (354+ words) Britain’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, official data showed on Aug. 13, as the country faced political unrest at home and fallout from the Middle East war. Gross domestic product…...