GDP growth will be a meager 4 percent in 2013. Turkey has suffered a “high current account deficit-low GDP growth” challenge in the last two years....
Turkey has made critical economic policy mistakes over the last couple of years, which increased the risk perception. Let’s start from the moment and...
The responsibility of these does not fall exclusively on the Central Bank. It would be extremely unfair to claim so; but so would to ignore the role...
What would the unemployment rate be if labor force participation rate sharply surged to a level close to that in the troubled countries of...
If the below table is considered an indicator of how Turkish economy shines like a star, I am really concerned about the future; because if so we are...
Given the current environment, discussing this detail might seem trivial; yet it is important to consider tiny details when forecasting economic...
Enriching the framework does not mean – I hope my former colleagues at the Central Bank won’t be offended – making a mess of it. For now, let’s put...
With saving instruments such as deposits and bonds having no real return, consumption was encouraged. Rumor has it that 100 truthful economists,...
Net inflows to Turkey, which averaged a monthly $10 billion in the first four months of the year, declined to one fifth in the following five months...
Some of you might say that both of our arms were already cut off before this probe. I have to say it is an argument to consider. Remember the...