Turkish economy: Timely reporting and analysis of economic developments in Turkey with all its structural problems, as one of world’s 20 biggest economies
Turkey’s economic and foreign policy problems are increasing by the lack of trust in the government of President Tayyip Erdoğan. There are a few examples that immediately come to mind. First, Turkey’s Business and Industrialists Association TÜSİAD President Simone Kaslowski met with economic and political circles in the USA last week and talked about Turkey.
Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) President Simone Kaslowski called for dialogue and a sincere and solution-oriented approach to tackle problems that stemmed from “mutual distrust in Turkish-American relations.” “Tackling the problems in Turkish-American relations is extremely important for the national interests of both countries. There is a need to restore relationships by a long-term
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his long stance against interest rates on Nov. 17. The following day, Central Bank Monetary Policy Board lowered the interest rate 100 basis points to 15. Turkish Lira further depreciated against foreign currencies like US Dollar and Euro, as 1 Dollar is worth 11,5 TL, while 1 Euro is 12,5
The other day I visited my old father, who had had a surgical operation on a bone fracture a while ago and stopped listening to the news bulletins since then. He says his indifference towards the news reports is temporary when asked. Out of the blue, “What is the value of the dollar recently?” asked.
It is possible to say that main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu aimed to kill three birds with one stone, not two, with his visit to The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu on November 15. First of all, it is an effort to express that
Turkish Aerospace (TA) General Manager Temel Kotil made critical statements about the company and its projects on the CNN Turk channel on November 10, 2021. Kotil gave important information about many projects conducted by TA, “National Combat Aircraft (Milli Muharip Uçak – MMU)”. MMU is an ambitious project that has come to the public agenda
Turkish lira depreciated at a record low level against the USD on November 11: hitting 9.91 liras against 1 dollar. After the Labor Department announced that US inflation rates hit 30 years high with 6.2, the currencies of emerging economies with high foreign debt depreciated against the USD.“The US inflation data boosted the dollar as
Is it possible that a central bank of a country with a current account deficit for years could make its country with a permanent current account surplus with any policies it would implement?The importance of this question is crystal clear since Şahap Kavcıoğlu, the Governor of the Central Bank (CBRT) claimed precisely the abovementioned issue
President Tayyip Erdoğan said in the Parliament on October 27 that the resources are available for the Green Development Action Plan that was announced following the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement. He also said that 3 billion 157 mln USD (nearly $3.2 bln), for Turkey’s Green Action Plan will be provided by Green Climate
“Interest day: Will the Central Bank make a new mistake?” This was the title of my article (in Turkish), which was published just before the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on October 21. “I hope the policy rate will not be lowered. In that case, it will not be favorable for the