TÜRKIYE-BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE-CUTTING

(241226) -- ANKARA, Dec. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman withdraws money from an ATM in Ankara, Türkiye, on Dec. 26, 2024. Türkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points to 47.5 percent, marking its first rate cut after keeping rates steady for months. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)