ISTANBUL
The World Bank has kept its forecast for economic growth in Turkey in 2012 at 2.9 percent.
The bank said that economic growth rate in Turkey would be 4 percent in 2013, 5 percent in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Inflation is expected to be 7 percent in 2012, 5.2 percent in 2013 and 5 percent in 2014, 2015 and 2016, according to the bank.
The World Bank revised up its forecast for the current account deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product to 7.8 percent from 7.6 percent due to a revision in the GDP deflator.
