Monthly Archives: January 2014

Turkey’s Monetary Policy from a Comparative Macroeconomic Data Perspective

Usually, in LongViewTurkey we tend to avoid writing on regular data releases unless they have a long-lasting impact on the economy. MPC decisions by the Central Bank of Turkey is also something that we do not write on a regular basis, because we have been observing that lately discussing CBT’s policies has diminishing returns: Harder […]

DataTurkey: Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Environment When talking about Turkey’s strengths, it is almost imperative that economists talk about the entrepreneurial spirit. It is widely believed that this entrepreneurial spirit helps Turkey to go through hard and volatile times. Yet, these talks barely pass beyond anecdotal evidence. In this post of DataTurkey, we look at international data to question […]