Central Bank: Slowdown in Spending of High-Income Earners More Evident

The Central Bank announced that spending on products targeting the high-income group has slowed down more significantly. The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) stated that with monetary tightening, consumption expenditures have slowed down in all income groups. In order to better understand the recent monetary transmission mechanism, CBRT examined consumption expenditures in different income groups. An analysis titled “Monetary Tightening and Consumption Expenditures by Income Level,” prepared by Deputy General Manager of Structural Economic Research at CBRT Altan Aldan, Assistant Economist Barbaros Eriş, and Researcher Alper Yıldırım, was published on the bank’s blog page, Merkezin Güncesi. According to the analysis, the most significant slowdown occurred in products targeting the high-income group, which had been much stronger compared to other groups before the monetary tightening. The analysis stated, “With monetary tightening, revenue increases in products targeting the high-income group are falling below the increases in products targeting the low-income group. This indicates that households in the high-income group are particularly turning to saving.”