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TCMB, makrofinansal istikrarı ve bankaların likidite yönetimini desteklemek amacıyla zorunlu karşılık uygulamasında değişiklikler yaptı.
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Bankanın makrofinansal istikrarı ve bankaların likidite yönetimini desteklemek amacıyla zorunlu karşılık uygulamasında değişiklikler yaptığı belirtilen duyuruda, KOBİ kredileri için yüzde 4,5 olan büyüme sınırının yüzde 5’e yükseltildiği, Türk lirası zorunlu karşılıklarda bloke tesis oranlarının da düşürüldüğü bildirildi.
Scott Bessent, who replaced US Energy Secretary Janet Yellen, stated that US President Donald Trump has fulfilled his commitment to ensure the stability of global energy markets and asked European partners to accelerate their existing commitments and immediately bring additional diesel supply to the market. While Bessent emphasized that American farmers, truckers and businesses should not bear the brunt of the global diesel shortage, Trump also said at his Texas rally that he might ask European countries to release their diesel stocks.

An increase of 4.65 lira was applied to LPG, whose liter price increased by 1.45 lira with the increase in Special Consumption Tax on October 1, effective from midnight. After the last increase, the liter price in metropolitan cities exceeded 40 lira and became 41.29 lira in Ankara, 41.20 lira in Istanbul European Side and Izmir, and 40.60 lira in Istanbul Anatolian Side. Gasoline and diesel prices remained unchanged.

DEVA Party Chairman Ali Babacan stated that the CMB and Borsa Istanbul managements should be changed in the evaluations regarding the fund crisis. While Babacan suggested the dismissal of the heads of supervisory institutions, he said that the board chaired by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz could not manage a crisis of this scale with its part-time working structure. He also emphasized that the measures that should have been taken before the crisis were incomplete and that it would be beneficial to carry out joint supervision of the judiciary, the State Supervisory Board and the Parliament.

In the press release regarding the macroprudential framework, the CBRT announced that it increased the growth limit for SME loans from 4.5 percent to 5 percent and reduced the blocked facility rates in Turkish lira required reserves. These regulations were made with the aim of supporting macrofinancial stability and improving banks' liquidity management.

The Ministry of Commerce announced the details of the Free Trade Agreement between Türkiye and Ukraine, which entered into force on October 1, 2026. The agreement was signed on February 3, 2022, and customs duty regulations on trade in goods will be implemented as of January 1, 2027. The goal is to reach 10 billion dollars in trade volume between the two countries in the short term and to create a predictable framework within the scope of services, investments, electronic commerce and customs cooperation, taking into account sensitive sectors.

The Ministry of Commerce announced that the Türkiye-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement entered into force on October 1, 2026, and customs tax regulations on goods trade will begin to be implemented as of January 1, 2027. The agreement aims to increase the trade volume between the two countries to 10 billion dollars in the short term.