Investors in the dollar, gold, stock market, and deposit interest are starting to wait for the Central Bank’s interest rate decision, and economists’ interest rate expectations have become clear. Last month, the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee reduced the interest rate from 45% to 42.5%, turning all eyes to the market participants’ survey on which direction it would take in April. The day and time of the April CBRT interest rate decision have been determined. So, when will the Central Bank announce the interest rate decision? Here is the market participants’ expectation for April…The question of when the Central Bank’s April interest rate decision will be announced has begun to be questioned by investors eagerly awaiting the interest rate decision. Along with the April interest rate decision to be announced by the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, the course of the economy will be revealed. The bank had decided to reduce the interest rate from 45% to 42.5% last month. So, when will the Central Bank announce the interest rate decision for April?The schedule has been set for the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee’s announcement of the interest rate decision for April. Accordingly, the Central Bank’s April interest rate decision will be announced on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. The April 2025 Market Participants Survey was answered by 71 participants consisting of representatives from the real sector and the financial sector. Participants’ expectations for the end-of-year consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate for the current year was 28.04% in the previous survey period, and it is now 29.98% in this survey period. Their expectations for the CPI inflation rate 12 months later were 24.55% in the previous survey period, and it is now 25.56% in this survey period. As for the CPI inflation rate 24 months later, their expectations were 17.06% and 17.69% in the same survey periods, respectively. Participants’ expectations for the overnight interest rate at the end of the current month in the Borsa Istanbul Repo and Reverse Repo Market were 42.33% in the previous survey period, and it is now 46.00% in this survey period. The CBRT’s one-week repo auction interest rate expectation at the end of the current month remains unchanged from the previous survey period, staying at 42.50%. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank decided in March to reduce the policy interest rate, which is the one-week repo auction interest rate, from 45% to 42.5%.