Turkish Banks: Solvent but Illiquid?
One of the major roles of banks is to channel funds from savings into valuable projects. In doing so, banks engage in liquidity and maturity transformation, since they finance long-term, illiquid project while funding themselves with short-term, liquid abilities. By performing this important role, banks expose themselves to the risk of runs.
Turkish banks have become far more active in the international loan markets, giving international banks exposure to the both financial institution sector. But with huge...