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 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...

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:...