President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeatedhis unorthodox economic policy on Saturday, saying interest rates would be lowered further and inflation would fall as a result, days before inflation data for January is announced. He added that Turkey’s economic woes would pass. Embroiled in a currency crisis fuelled by the central bank’s move to slash rates by 500 basis points since September as part of an economic model engineered by Erdogan, Turkey saw December inflation soar to its highest level in Erdogan’s 19-year rule. A Reuters poll on Friday showed it is expected to hit a near 20-year high of 4…