Turkey’s Erdogan fires statistics chief after inflation data shows 19-year high

France24 ^ | January 29, 2022

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after releasing data showing last year's inflation rate hit a 19-year high of 36.1 percent.

Sait Erdal Dincer was just the latest in a series of economic dismissals by Erdogan, who has sacked three central bank governors since July 2019.

Erdogan has railed against high interest rates, which he believes cause inflation – the exact opposition of conventional economic thinking.

The 2021 inflation figure released by Dincer angered both the pro-government and opposition camps.

The opposition said it was underreported, claiming that the real cost of living increases were at least twice as high.

[Steely Tom]

He’s “following the science.”

[Starboard]

We don’t fire them here. We simply get them to change the formulas.

[JimRed]

Shooting the messenger because he doesn’t like the message.

[DoodleBob]

[alstewartfan]

You can bet that the new guy will deliver better numbers next month. lol

[Starboard]

They have, in fact, already changed the CPI calculation.

Didn’t take long for them to move the goal post.

[Starboard]

The Swamp’s playbook is: Distract, Delay and Dissemble.

[mylife]

not a very scientific solution.

This guy needs to go

[Cboldt]

That’s the way to enforce the narrative!

We’re in for a time of record prosperity, peace and transparency.

[mylife]

remove food and fuel from the formula! we do!

[webheart]

Interest rates are a measure of inflation. It’s how rich people stay ahead of it.

[sphinx]

And housing, medical care, tuition ....

[SubMareener]

LOL! I can relate to this! We were using Microsoft Project to track a delivery at a company that will remain nameless. When the MS-Project said we would be late in delivering the product, the VP in-charge told us to stop using MS-Project to track the delivery.

[Jumpmaster]

Didn’t take long for them to move the goal post.

If you can’t move the ball, move the goalpost.

[aquila48]

Biden - “Why didn’t I think of that?”

[existentially_kuffer]

Numbers don’t lie, muslims do.

[cgbg]

“record prosperity, peace and transparency”

and anyone who says or even thinks otherwise is a dangerous right wing extremist terrorist insurrectionist conspiracy theorist who must be silenced before they incite the deplorable natives!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Kill the messenger.

[SaxxonWoods]

Biden is hiring.