Consumer confidence in Turkish economy slightly rises

ANKARA 

Consumer confidence in Turkish economy slightly nudged up in January, Turkey’s statistical authority announced Thursday.

January figure rose 0.1% month-on-month to 58.82, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said in a statement.

The financial situation expectation of household reading showed the highest rise, up 2.3% during the same period.

It was followed by the general economic situation index which went up 1.1% from last month.

But the probability of saving index -- indicating people’s expectation of earning enough money to save -- deteriorated the most, slipping 9.1% on a monthly basis in January.

The number of people unemployed anticipation index