New reform campaign to be launched by Oct


Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said they will primarily focus on keeping the growth alive in the coming period and stressed that new reform campaign will be resumed as of Oct. 1. Attending NTV's live broadcast yesterday, Şimşek made important statements on the economy. Noting that in credit card arrangements, the government did not adopt a flexibility system to increase imports, to which Mehmet Şimşek said the primary focus was on drawing a frame that will mostly back the domestic demand, suggesting that the increase in consumer loans was in minus in real terms.Stating that it was essential to keep growth alive in the coming period, Deputy Prime Minister Şimşek said the protection of fiscal discipline in these politically and economically difficult times with a strong budget performance was an important win and the new reform campaign will be resumed as of Oct. 1.