It is argued that sophisticated production is generally associated with higher productivity and hence higher growth and finally an improvement in economic transformation (Hausmann, Hwang and Rodrik, 2007). Export sophistication is calculated as the weighted average of the sophistication levels...

In the growth process, financing is needed to fulfill the potential for growth. If there is an insufficiency, the potential is said to be underutilized. It is suggested that financial openness prevents the congestion when the real side of the economy is in need of finance. Therefore, the relief...

Inflation Targeting (IT) is a monetary policy in which keeping inflation as close as to the target level using policy tools is the main focus for many central banks. However, purely targeting inflation has the potential to reveal the drawback of the trade-off between inflation and output,...

Following the world financial crisis beginning in the last quarter of 2008, aggregate demand and commodity prices have declined sharply leading to a fast decline in world inflation. This different and new period reflects the rise in risk appetite leading to high fluctuations in the short term...

Recently, it is observed that current account surplus in oil exporting countries have been rising with the help of peaking oil prices. Expansionary monetary policies of major central banks boosting the speculation on commodity prices, political turmoil in Middle East region which is called the...

This study aims to test the predictive power of two monthly indicators for economic growth in Turkish economy for the recent period. The indicators to be tested are CNBC-e Consumption Index and Manufacturing Industry Output Index. CNBC-e Consumption Index can be expected to be the early...