ANKARA - "The recent growth rate (5.7 percent in the first nine months of 2006) indicates that the year-end growth rate will be above 5 percent, but slightly below 6 percent," Turkish State Minister & Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener said.
Speaking to reporters after he attended Turkey-New Zealand Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting in Ankara, Sener estimated the year-end current (accounts) deficit as 30 billion USD.