Gross Domestic Product Turkey GDP grew by more than expected (2.3% versus 1.6%) in the first three months of 2015, data from Turkstats showed on Wednesday. Despite the fact that the reported figure signaled a below par growth in the country, we saw the pressure…
Turkey is running a large current account deficit and is a big borrower from abroad as the deficit roughly accounts for 6% of the country’s total GDP and short-term foreign debt stock hits $130 billion. Under such circumstances foreign capital would suppress the rising concerns…
Turkey today posted better than expected current account deficit after naming the deficit as the second most important economic challenge after inflation in its Medium Term Plan. According to the posted official figures the deficit in August was $2.77 billion which is well below the…
Turkey’s economic performance had been remarkable throughout the 2000s as well as it had been a shining light for many investors. Although the economy hit by 2008’s global financial crisis with a rapid but short-term contraction, Turkey was fast to find a way out of…
In other words, they do not believe in Dr. Erdem Basci, the governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, who said “believe in me and win” while estimating year-end USD/TRY rate at 1.92 in a TV interview (for those who wonder, the rate has hanged…
September’s current account deficit surprised the market to the upside at $3.28bn; the 12-month rolling current account deficit is likely to continue to widen. With this outcome, the gap in the first nine months of the year becomes $49bn, which compares unfavorably with the deficit…
Time after time, we saw striking warnings about Turkish economy in reports, published by many huge international institutions. Once for all, Nomura, position Turkey at a more risky place than it does Indonesia and Brazil (in other words BIITS). Since the end of 2009, Nomura…