Turkish banks net profit down by 14 pct in Q1

Turkish banking sector's net profit down although assets increased in first quarter of 2014.

Turkish banks net profit down by 14 pct in Q1
Turkey’s banking authority has said that country's banking sector's net profit slumped 13.9 percent for the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year. According to the temporary figures released by the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, the sector´s profit stood at 6.06 billion Turkish lira (US$2.92 billion) for the first quarter of 2014, 980 million Turkish Lira (US$473 million) less than for the same period in 2013.

The Turkish Lira tumbled to almost 2.4 to the dollar and 3.23 to the euro in the first month of the year and it was this plunge that was widely seen as endangering the Turkish economy, which is heavily dependent on dollar and euro pegged transactions and loans for the country’s everyday business.

On January 28, the Central Bank more than doubled its borrowing rate from 3.5 percent to 8 percent and raised the lending rate from 7.75 percent to 12 percent. However, the net profits for Turkey’s banking sector were up by 5.1 percent for 2013 compared to the previous year.
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