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Monday, March 13, 2006

Bonds: Turkish debt among 'most attractive' - Marketplace by Bloomberg - International Herald Tribune

"Bonds: Turkish debt among 'most attractive'
By Agnes Lovasz Bloomberg News

MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2006
LONDON Turkey may sell 20-month debt at the lowest yield in more than two decades on Monday as the government curbs inflation and prepares to join the European Union.

Yields on benchmark 20-month bonds have fallen 11 percentage points since March 2004 as the government cut spending, raised taxes and reduced inflation to a 30-year low. Turkey's borrowing costs plunged as it recovered from a financial crisis that drove overnight interest rates to 6,200 percent in 2001."

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