Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Markets Emerging markets inflows to top $1 trillion in 2021: IIF Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 April, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging markets are expected to attract $1.06 trillion in foreign direct investment, … Continue ReadingEmerging markets inflows to top $1 trillion in 2021: IIF
Categories Economy Emerging Markets S&P upgrades growth forecast for emerging markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 April, 2021 Ratings agency S&P Global is lifting its growth forecast for emerging markets for 2021 on … Continue ReadingS&P upgrades growth forecast for emerging markets
Categories Emerging Markets Wells Fargo: Emerging markets flipping to tightening Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2021 Over the past few weeks, multiple central banks within the emerging markets have started the … Continue ReadingWells Fargo: Emerging markets flipping to tightening
Categories Emerging Markets A brewing emerging market debt crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 March, 2021 Rudi Dornbusch, the late MIT economist, famously said that when it came to emerging market … Continue ReadingA brewing emerging market debt crisis
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Emerging Markets: Confused between liquidity, geo-political tensions and rising bond yields Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2021 Emerging Markets grasped for guidance and direction on Friday, as several opposing winds struck investors. … Continue ReadingEmerging Markets: Confused between liquidity, geo-political tensions and rising bond yields
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Fitch sees Fed tapering in early 2022, warns on fragile emerging markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 March, 2021 (Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch expects the Federal Reserve to dial back its COVID-19-related economic … Continue ReadingFitch sees Fed tapering in early 2022, warns on fragile emerging markets
Categories Emerging Markets S&P: Asia’s emerging economies are poised to withstand rising U.S. yields — but risks remain Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2021 Rising U.S. bond yields will not hurt Asia’s emerging markets as badly as they did … Continue ReadingS&P: Asia’s emerging economies are poised to withstand rising U.S. yields — but risks remain
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Fed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 All market participants are nervously eyeing Wednesday’s Fed FOMC meeting, but one group of asset … Continue ReadingFed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Real Turkey video: Middle Income Trap: Why few escape? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 Middle Income Trap: Why few escape? Definition: Real income per capita is used, but … Continue ReadingReal Turkey video: Middle Income Trap: Why few escape?
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Reuters poll: Egypt’s economic growth seen slowing in 2020/21 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 202021 July, 2020 PA Turkey covers Turkey, as well as its neighbors and EM at large. Egypt is … Continue ReadingReuters poll: Egypt’s economic growth seen slowing in 2020/21
Categories Emerging Markets General Iran’s Judgement Day: 25mn infected Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 202019 July, 2020 President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected … Continue ReadingIran’s Judgement Day: 25mn infected
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Another stain on EM story: Social unrest underway Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 July, 202017 July, 2020 With Russia, India, South Africa and Brazil groaning under the burden of Covid-19 epidemics, low … Continue ReadingAnother stain on EM story: Social unrest underway
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Goldman Sachs revises world forecasts Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 July, 202017 July, 2020 We share excerpts from the latest Goldman Report: Recovery continues apace Globally, the world economy … Continue ReadingGoldman Sachs revises world forecasts
Categories Economy Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s fiscal dismal- and COVID-19 is not only cause Güldem AtabayPosted on16 July, 202017 July, 2020 The math is simple: Turkey’s fiscal accounts that already have been deteriorating before COVID-19 is … Continue ReadingTurkey’s fiscal dismal- and COVID-19 is not only cause
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance Politics Turkey’s debt driven housing boom in June Editor P.A.Posted on14 July, 202014 July, 2020 Turkey’s house sales skyrocketed by 209.7% yoy in June 2020 and reached 190K. The breakdown … Continue ReadingTurkey’s debt driven housing boom in June
Categories Economy Emerging Markets S&P slashes emerging market GDP forecasts Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 July, 202015 July, 2020 Ratings agency S&P Global cut its emerging market forecasts on Monday, predicting a 4.7% slump … Continue ReadingS&P slashes emerging market GDP forecasts
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 Emerging Markets Finance Danske Bank: USD weakness to support EM FX…. except TL? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 July, 202014 July, 2020 Over the past month, the COVID-19 virus has continued to affect many emerging and frontier … Continue ReadingDanske Bank: USD weakness to support EM FX…. except TL?
Categories Emerging Markets Kearney: Investors will flee emerging markets in post-Covid period Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 July, 20209 July, 2020 A recent Kearney Consulting survey among top executives finds diminishing appetite for cross-country direct investment. … Continue ReadingKearney: Investors will flee emerging markets in post-Covid period
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