Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance announced that it recorded a cash surplus of TL 12.5 billion (USD 1.6 billion) for November 2020. Total income in November was TL 110,6 billion (USD 14.2 billion) and total expenditure was TL 98.1 billion (USD 12.6 billion). Expenditure was made up of non-interest expenditure of TL 89.4 billion (USD 11.5 billion) and interest payments of TL 8.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion).
For the first eleven months of 2020, there was a cash deficit of TL 135.1 billion (USD 19.4 billion). Total income for the first eleven months of 2020 was TL 940.8 billion (USD 135.2 billion) and total expenditure was TL 1,079.6 billion (USD 155.1 billion). Of total expenditure, non-interest expenditure was TL 962.6 billion (USD 138.3 billion) and interest payments were TL 117 billion (USD 16.8 billion).
The balance for the year of 2019 reflected a deficit of TL 130.5 billion (USD 23.1 billion). The Treasury received TL 897 billion (USD 167.2 billion) in revenue during the year of 2019, while expenditures were shown as TL 1,032.8 billion (USD 182.8 billion). Expenditure was made up of non-interest expenditure of TL 934.5 billion (USD 165.4 billion) and interest payments of TL 98.3 billion (USD 17.4 billion).
In 2018, the Treasury's cash balance showed a deficit of TL 70.4 billion (USD 16.7 billion). Revenue was TL 773.8 billion (USD 170.4 billion), while expenditures, including interest payments, totalled TL 850.5 billion (USD 187.3 billion) in this year. Expenditures included TL 70.5 billion (USD 15.5 billion) in interest payments, and non-interest payments amounted to TL 780 billion (USD 171.8 billion).
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate at the end of November 2020 was TL 7.79. The average rate used for the first eleven months of 2020 was TL 6.96. The average rates used for 2019 and 2018 were TL 5.65 and TL 4.54 respectively.