Turkish central bank keeps interest policy rate unchanged at 8.5 pct

ANKARA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank decided to keep its interest rate unchanged at 8.5 percent on Thursday before the upcoming runoff presidential elections on May 28th.

The bank said in a statement that it had decided to keep the policy rate unchanged in order to "preserve the growth momentum in industrial production and the positive trend in employment after the earthquake."

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