Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish forecasts for inflation rose in a fortnightly central bank survey of economists and business leaders.

Inflation in 12 months time was expected at 6.78 percent compared with an estimate of 6.73 percent two weeks ago, the central bank in Ankara said on its website today. Inflation in 24 months was foreseen at 6.31 percent compared with a previous 6.26 percent.

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