In 2012 Turkey can achieve 4 percent growth as targeted in the Medium Term Program, which is in harmony with my expectations for soft...
Though growth rates have decreased remarkably, there appears a soft rather than the dreaded hard landing. Gross domestic product (GDP) for the...
When designing and implementing economic policies, “potential future budget deficits” must be taken into account. Now it is way easier to explain...
It is highly probable that slow growth – zero or negative growth when adjusted to population growth – has pertained in the second quarter of the...
Isn’t it a major weakness for Turkey to sacrifice growth in order to ease its current account deficit? The economy slowed down drastically in the...
If price of crude oil does not change, the future performance of inflation will depend on the exchange rate developments. In recent commentaries, I...
If the downturn in the index is over, is this sufficient evidence that economic recovery has started as of the second quarter? Figures suggest...
It would not be a surprise if Q1 growth falls below 2 percent. More importantly, figures imply that Q2 growth might not be any different,...
Before the global crisis, unemployment rate had stuck at 10.3 percent. Now unemployment rate stuck at a level 1 point lower. Labor force...
The study stresses that the CBT does not have at its disposal appropriate tools to fulfill the objectives assumed in the late 2010 with the new...