Wednesday, May 24, 2006

IMF urges Turkey to reduce expenditures (SETimes.com)

"IMF urges Turkey to reduce expenditures

23/05/2006

Turkey's financial markets suffered a blow Monday as the IMF urged the country to reduce public spending and follow a more cautious monetary policy.

(FT - 23/05/06; Reuters, AFP, Reporter.gr, NTV-MSNBC, Zaman, IMF - 22/05/06)

“Fiscal policy needs to be tighter for the rest of the year,” said IMF delegation head Lorenzo Giorgianni. [IMF]

Turkey must stick to its fiscal policy framework and pursue a more cautious monetary policy, the IMF said on Monday (22 May) following the conclusion of talks on the third and fourth reviews of its three-year loan agreement with Ankara."

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