The prices TurkStat keeps like a state secret: Doctor's visit 34 TL, rent 6 thousand TL
The item prices that the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has been keeping like a secret have been revealed, after the agency stopped disclosing the prices of the items it uses for calculations since April 2022.
Ekonomim columnist Alaattin Aktaş stated that the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has stopped disclosing the prices of the items it uses for calculations since April 2022, writing, "In the current situation, price changes and weights are announced by main expenditure groups. Not only does TurkStat not provide item prices, but it also hides the price change for each individual item."
Publishing a list of items used in inflation calculations, Aktaş said, "Do you know how much a specialist doctor's examination fee is in June according to TurkStat? 33 Turkish Lira and 69 kuruş. I didn't write it wrong; 33 Turkish Lira and 69 kuruş, let's round it to 34 lira. Another striking example is house rent. In the June index, rent was taken into account as 5 thousand 845 lira," he stated.
The striking figures between the last announced prices of April 2022 and June 2024 are as follows...
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News Source: 12punto
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