1 Turkish Economy : An Overview N. Kamuran MALATYALI
2 Presentation Outline Once Upon a Time : Land of Crises Anti-Inflationary Programme Paving the Road Structural Shift 2008 Syndrome New Global Environment Wuthering Heights Turkey : A Hub with Relative Stability?
Once Upon A Time – Land of Crises Turkish Economy Experienced Hard Times During the Previous Century Between (78 years) the number of (-) growth years: 14 (1927, 1932, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1994, 1999, 2001) Recurring crises every 5.5 years, on the average Long run average growth rate of the economy: %4.4 3
Once Upon A Time – Land of Crises 1990s were nightmare with respect to any indicator Sustainability was the real issue High Public Sector Borrowing Requirement => High Domestic Borrowing => High and volatile inflation + High Interest Rates + High rates of depreciation Recurring Deep Crises: 1994, 1999 Volatility in Growth 4
Borrowing Requirement and Debt Stock 5
Real Rate of Interest 6
Growth and Contraction 7
Once Upon A Time – Anti-Inflationary Programme To restore stability - Disinflation Programme of 2000 : Failure 2001 February Crisis Transition to the Strong Economy Programme : Comprehensive restructuring (privatization, free market regulations), free float, sustainability in public finance, banking system rehabilitation 8
Paving the Road – Structural Shift 9
Real Rates of Interest 10
Increased Welfare 11
Contained Debt Risk 12
Paving the Road – 2008 Syndrome 2008 Global Crisis Deeply Affected the World It is still under way 2001 Crisis of Turkey (collapse of the banking system and its rehabilitation) shielded Turkey in
Syndrome - Growth of the World Economy
2008 Syndrome - World Trade Volume (% Change) 15
2008 Syndrome – Turkish Current Account Balance 16
2008 Syndrome - Paving the Road 17
New Global Environment Things are pretty different beginning by 2008 System seeks shelter and a stable ground 18
Debt Stock/GDP (EU Definition) EU Definition of Debt Stock in EU Member Countries / GDP (%) Euro Zone (17 Count.)) EU(27 Countries) Greece Italy Belçgium Portugal Germany France Hungary UK Austria Netherlands Spain Turkey
Euro Imports of Goods and Services (% Change) 20
World Trade Volume (% Change) 21
22 Pre-and Post-Growth Performance of the Global Crisis World Advanced Economies Emerging and Developing Economies
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24 Turkish economy benefited from the positive global climate.
25 Growth in the World Economy
Growth Performance 26 WorldAdvancedEmerging
Turkey : A Hub with Relative Stability? Things have changed Turkey has increased degree of openness Stabilized economic structure Foreign participation 27
AVERAGE GDP GROWTH RATES IN TURKEY OVER PERIODS 28
Development in the Measure of Openness of Turkey 29
Growth Performance of Developing Economies 30 Central and Eastern Europe Middle East and North Europe Emerging Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America and the Caribbean
IMF Growth Projections 31 World Advanced Economies Emerging and Developing Economies
Growth in Advanced Economies 32 Euro-zoneG-7 Economies
Growth Comparisons 33 Emerging and Developing Economies Turkey_IMF Turkey_OVP
General Government Gross Debt / GDP 34 Advanced Economies Emerging Economies Turkey
35 Growth Performance of Developing Economies, and Turkey
36 Private Capital Flows towards Emerging Economies
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Current Account Deficit in Economies Similar To Turkey 38 Emerging and Developing Economies Central and East Europe Turkey(IMF) Turkey(OVP)
Paving the Road – Structural Shift 39
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41 Periodic Growth Rates of the World Economy
42 Current Account Deficit and Fund Flows