"Turkish Current Account Deficit $2.97 Billion in August
October 11, 2010, 4:35 AM EDT
By Steve Bryant
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s current-account deficit widened in August from a year earlier, the central bank said.
The deficit was $2.97 billion in the month, compared with $609 million in the same month last year, the central bank in Ankara said on its website today. The deficit was expected at $2.6 billion, according to the median estimate of eight economists questioned by Bloomberg."
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