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Selva Demiralp is a professor of Economics at Koç University, Istanbul. selvademiralp.com
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Selva Demiralp
02 October 2020, Friday / Published in Economy

Clues on short-term policies in Turkey’s new program

The government revealed its new economic program for 2021-2023 on Sept. 29. The long-term goals of such programs hardly go beyond being a wish list worldwide. This is because the economy is an equation with so many unknowns. Hence, it can even be difficult to predict the following month not to mention the following year.But
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Selva Demiralp
04 September 2020, Friday / Published in Economy

COVID-19 and the interest-driven Turkish economy

1. Low interest-high growth proved unsustainable The first week of September was rather intense in terms of data releases. The growth numbers that were released on August 31 reflected an 11 percent decline compared to the previous quarter. This number is rather close to the OECD average. If we express the Q2 growth in annualized
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Selva Demiralp
10 August 2020, Monday / Published in Economy

Money for Nothing: currency crisis in Turkey

Following the exchange rate crisis in August 2018, Turkey is shaken by yet another exchange rate shock. How did we get here, and why? Economists have been discussing these questions for a long while. As we look at the big picture, we could see the widening gap between what should be done and what was
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Selva Demiralp
05 June 2020, Friday / Published in Life

Turkey’s three months’ COVID-19 performance

Turkey implemented a partial lockdown to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. These limited measures, which kept majority of businesses open, which kept majority of businesses open, managed to avoid more adverse outcomes that could have been expected. Could Turkey have done better in those three months? Yes, we probably could have. If stricter measures were put
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Selva Demiralp
24 May 2020, Sunday / Published in Life

Turkey and the Covid-19 crisis after two months

Let’s evaluate the last two months of our COVID-19 experience.Turkey started with immediate partial lockdown measures which were enhanced over the course of the pandemic. Schools were closed in mid-March and the businesses were encouraged to work remotely where possible. The elderly and the youth, who constitute about 40 percent of the population are under
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Selva Demiralp
01 May 2020, Friday / Published in Economy

Turkish inflation outlook in the aftermath of COVID-19

In the inflation report that came on April 30, Turkish Central Bank (CBRT) revised its inflation forecast for 2020 from 8.2 percent to 7.4 percent. The forecast for 2021 is kept constant at 5.4 percent.How realistic is this revision? In the short run, the downfall in demand and the fall in oil prices may dominate
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Selva Demiralp
16 April 2020, Thursday / Published in Economy

Economic costs increase as the full lockdown is delayed

In my earlier piece, I had mentioned our ongoing research that investigates the economic costs of delaying a full lockdown . In this piece, I would like to share the preliminary results from that research that explores the effects of COVID-19 on the Turkish economy and proposes policy recommendations. In addition to myself, the research
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Selva Demiralp
07 April 2020, Tuesday / Published in Economy

The economic cost of waiting for new anti-corona steps

We all know that Covid-19 is a humanitarian problem, and containing the pandemic as soon as possible is an urgent obligation to save human lives.From an economic perspective, the total cost of containing the pandemic immediately is less than that of isolation policies that are put into delayed practice.The economics profession unanimously agrees that the
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Selva Demiralp
23 March 2020, Monday / Published in Economy

What is next for Turkey? Time to print money?

Coordination among monetary and fiscal policies is needed much more than ever at this time. While both of these policies aim to provide economic stability, their tools and areas of operation are different. It is essential for these policies to complement each other and support the economy without generating additional risks and vulnerabilities. Monetary Policy
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Selva Demiralp
16 March 2020, Monday / Published in Economy

Operation Twilight from Fed

The Federal Reserve has had another emergency meeting, the second within the last fortnight. On March 15, they cut the policy rate by 100 basis points and brought it to the zero-lower bound. In addition, they re-started large scale asset purchases which had ended in October 2014. They lowered the reserve requirements to support loan
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