Hope and skepticism in Turkey as government reverses unorthodox economic policy

Now under new leadership, Turkey’s central bank made a surprising move this week to raise benchmark interest rates to 25%. The hike is part of a major reversal of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox economic policies that are credited with fueling runaway inflation in the country. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports from a market in Istanbul, where the economy has had real impacts on people’s daily lives. 

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