Despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates five times this past year, inflation continues to be much higher than the central bank’s 2 percent target. The Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation measure, which was released Friday, showed the index rose last month by 6.2 percent from a year ago, which was slightly down from 6.4 percent...
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ONLY IN TURKEY: INFLATION RISES, INTEREST RATES FALL
Despite inflation edging above 80 percent in August, Turkey’s central bank cut its benchmark one-week repo rate last week from 13 percent to 12. The country’s lira currency took yet another step down after the announcement, to 18.387 against the dollar. The lira has lost almost a third its value against the greenback so far...

