Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Atabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video Güldem AtabayPosted on29 November, 202129 November, 2021 Guldem Atabay, economist at Global Source Turkey and PATurkey columnist, discusses the sharp slump in … Continue ReadingAtabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Shockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL? Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 Turkey’s central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by 2 percentage points to 16% at … Continue ReadingShockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL?
Categories Economy General Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Evaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects Güldem AtabayPosted on1 September, 20211 September, 2021 As per the official figures Turkey’s 2Q21 GDP Growth was 21.7%. The 10.4% contraction in … Continue ReadingEvaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS The ‘captain of the economy’ in Turkey can no longer re-direct the ship Güldem AtabayPosted on7 June, 2021 As the cycle of economic crises in Turkey began to shake the governing alliance, organised … Continue ReadingThe ‘captain of the economy’ in Turkey can no longer re-direct the ship
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Güldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 2021 Şahap Kavcıoğlu, the third central bank governor in less than three years, presented Turkey’s second … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics Güldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank Güldem AtabayPosted on22 April, 2021 The Turkish central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the benchmark interest rate steady at … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay Politics Erdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shook international markets by firing the well-regarded governor of the … Continue ReadingErdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Turkey bars companies from laying off workers for another two months Güldem AtabayPosted on9 March, 202115 March, 2021 President Erdogan extended a ban on firms laying off workers, a measure first implemented after … Continue ReadingTurkey bars companies from laying off workers for another two months
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance Güldem Atabay Fresh data show Turkey’s economy in deep deep trouble Güldem AtabayPosted on13 July, 202014 July, 2020 As the calendars marked the anniversary of the second year of presidential system in Turkey … Continue ReadingFresh data show Turkey’s economy in deep deep trouble
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Güldem Atabay Constantly off the central bank path: Turkey’s inflation up again making near-by rate cuts unfeasible Güldem AtabayPosted on3 July, 20206 July, 2020 Turkey’s June consumer price inflation (CPI) at 1.13% beats the market expectation again on the … Continue ReadingConstantly off the central bank path: Turkey’s inflation up again making near-by rate cuts unfeasible
