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T he E conomic P erformance of T urkey. Ahmed ALABBADI Mehmet SAGLAM MSPE Department of Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Growth. Inflation. Turkey suffered from high and persistent inflation since more than three decades. Inflation:.
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The Economic Performance of Turkey Ahmed ALABBADI Mehmet SAGLAM MSPE Department of Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Inflation • Turkey suffered from high and persistent inflation since more than three decades
Public Sector Borrowing Requirement and Consolidated Budget Balance • The PSBR is a better indicator of the public sector in Turkey
Structure of Expenditures • The structural constraints over the Turkish fiscal policy: Interest expenditures as a ratio of tax revenues reached 103.3% by 2001
Financial Sector • Turkish banking sector experienced difficulties many times within the last 25 years, as a result of their own excessive risk-taking behavior in the past.
Financial Sector:The Turkish Banking System Composition of Banking Sector Balance Sheet (percent)
The Turkish Banking System • The most important characteristic of capital markets in Turkey is the predominance of the government securities.
Changing Domestic Savings and Investment • Loose fiscal policy • Rising budget deficit,
The Economic Performance of Turkey Thank you...