CBRT Announces Sectoral Inflation Expectations: Decline in Market and Real Sector

Expectations Decline in Market and Real Sectors The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has released sectoral inflation expectations for the February 2026 period.
According to the results of the Survey of Market Participants and the Business Tendency Survey, 12-month annual inflation expectations for market participants decreased by 0.10 percentage points to 22.10%.
Expectations from real sector representatives recorded a decrease of 0.90 percentage points, falling to 32.00%.
Household Expectations Remain Stable According to the Household Expectation Survey results, prepared in cooperation with the CBRT and TurkStat, the household inflation expectation for the next 12 months remained unchanged from the previous month at 48.81%.
However, the proportion of households anticipating a decrease in inflation over the next 12 months fell by 4.63 percentage points to 20.33%.
Participants identified food (41.1%), followed by fuel and energy, as the product groups expected to see the highest price increases in the coming period.
The expected increase in housing prices at the end of the next 12 months decreased by 3.82 percentage points compared to the previous month, falling to 35.41%.
In terms of investment preferences, gold continued its lead and increased in popularity.
The proportion of those stating they would invest in gold rose to 55.5%, while the rate of those planning to purchase real estate retreated to 30.0%.