By Murat Aslan
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's current account balance is projected to post a deficit of $4.3 billion in May, an Anadolu Agency survey found on Thursday.
The estimates of a group of 14 economists range between $3.2 billion and $5.6 billion, with May’s balance of payments figures set to be announced by Turkey's Central Bank on Monday.
The end-2020 current account balance is forecast to register a deficit of $17.5 billion.
In April, Turkey's current account balance posted a deficit of nearly $5.6 billion.
In a separate survey, Turkey's unadjusted industrial production index was predicted to have fallen 28.7% in May.
Estimates for the fall in the unadjusted industrial production index in May ranged between 15.8% and 40%.
They also estimated that the calendar-adjusted industrial production index would drop 19.7% in May on an annual basis.
The term "calendar-adjusted" is used to refer to data where calendar and holiday-originating effects are removed.
* Writing by Aysu Bicer from Ankara
