In w/c April 8th, while investors made profit in the stock market, dollar and commodities lost value. The profit Borsa Istanbul (Bist) provided for its investors stood at an average of 3,06 percent. The selling price of 24-carat gold bullion fell down to 88.50 pounds showing a decrease of 2,43 percent. Following the announcement of Credit rating agency Moody’s last week, which said the process of solving th ...

In the first quarter of 2012, improvement signals in the balance of current account and inflation will be more powerful, leading  better conditions on the economy, if the economy in the second quarter of 2012  moves as in the first quarter. However, the economy authorities have also been trying to accommodate  the market to the possibility that the economic growth rate might realize below   %4. If we look a ...

TURKEY WEEKLY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Considering the data about Turkey, the release of inflation and current account data was of great interest. We observe that there is a decline in current account deficit and in inflation rate in parallel with  expectations of Central Bank of Turkey. In fact, contractionary economy policy  and efforts made to balance high growth rates  have still contributed to these two downwa ...