Turkish central bank keeps interest rate unchanged at 45 pct

ANKARA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank kept its interest rate unchanged at 45 percent on Thursday, completing a monetary tightening cycle to set the course for disinflation.

"The current level of the policy rate will be maintained until there is a significant and sustained decline in the underlying trend of monthly inflation and until inflation expectations converge to the projected forecast ran