This study comes up with a measure of the structural budget balance for the Turkish economy between 2006-2010 in order to assess fiscal stance and evaluate the sensitivity of the budget balance with respect to the business cycles. Calculating structural budget balance requires three steps:...

The primary goal of this study is to introduce monetary analysis for the Turkish economy in the light of empirical evidences that demonstrate the importance of this analysis for the economy. In the study we also focus on the implication of persistent money supply shocks, particularly shocks that...

Turkish economy in the aftermath of the global crisis has faced an unprecedented divergence between domestic and external demand. Increasing risks in the face of surging short-term capital inflows, deteriorating current account deficit and rapid credit growth have called for an alternative...