Interest rate is one of the most observed and forecasted variables in financial markets. Interest rates and the volatility of interest rates play a crucial role in pricing financial instruments. In this empirical study, we try to investigate which short term interest rate model is appropriate...

This paper compares the ability of different market instruments in terms of predicting monetary policy decisions to find out which one best captures market participants policy expectations. Towards this end, policy rate expectations implied by various market instruments and different approaches...

Inflation compensation derived from nominal and real bond yields contains market based, real time information regarding the inflation expectations and the pricing of inflation risks. In this study, we calculate inflation compensation by estimating nominal and real yield curves for Turkish data....

Turkish Abstract: Bankaların ticari kredilere uyguladıkları faiz oranı artış eğilimi göstermektedir. Ticari kredi faizi 2018 Eylül'de %36'ya ulaşmış olup bu oran 2004'ten beri en görülen yüksek seviyedir. Ticari kredi faizi 2018 yılını ise %28 seviyesinde tamamlamıştır....

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 global financial crisis in 2008 has affected economies in many aspects. Besides the devastating effects of the crisis on banks, expansionary policies have been revived in consequence of economic recession. On the other hand, the recovery packages for financial sector have imposed a burden on...

Bu tebligde esas olarak istikrar programlarinda mali uyumun kalitesi konusunda yanit aramaya çalistik. Genel teorik çerçeveden yola çikarak mali uyumda kalite, büyümeye katki saglamaya yönelik maliye politikasi tedbirleri ile mali uyumu saglarken uygulanan enstrümanlarin kalitesi olmak...

The transmission of policy decisions to financial markets is an integral part of the monetary transmission mechanism. However, one of the major problems in estimating the effect of monetary policy on asset prices is the simultaneous response of policy actions and the asset prices to each other....

This paper investigates the effect of the variation in the interest rates on consumer credit. The interest rate plays the central role in the regressin model as the main independent variable affecting consumer credit demand. The relationship between consumer credit and Istanbul Stock Exchange...

Turkish Abstract: Bu çalışmanın amacı, son 10 yıldır değişmekte olan uluslararası finansal yapının temel dinamiklerinin, hisse senedi piyasalarının volatilitesi üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Bu amaçla emtia fiyatları, yatırımcıların risk iştahı, küresel ticaret hacmi...