EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted friend and foe alike in a campaign for vast new powers, but his political fate may hang on the one thing he’s stopped carping about: the price of money.

EghtesadOnline: The Turkish central bank cut a key interest rate for a seventh month to extend its longest easing cycle in at least six years, amid mounting signs that growth is losing steam as consumers keep a lid on spending.