Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Macro view: CBRT keeps policy rate stable at 17% but delivers a hawkish call Cem ÇetingüçPosted on21 January, 202121 January, 2021CBRT kept the policy rate at 17.0%, in line with our and the wider market … Continue ReadingMacro view: CBRT keeps policy rate stable at 17% but delivers a hawkish call
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Consumers “more confident” now that the TL slide stopped Güldem AtabayPosted on21 January, 2021Seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index increased by 4.0% in January to 83.3compared to 80.1 in … Continue ReadingConsumers “more confident” now that the TL slide stopped
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey Weighs End to Banks’ Dividend Freeze on Recovery Hope Güldem AtabayPosted on21 January, 2021Turkish authorities are considering the removal of a year-old ban on banks’ dividend payments, counting … Continue ReadingTurkey Weighs End to Banks’ Dividend Freeze on Recovery Hope
Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank keeps the rate at 17% with a strong “no rate cut soon” message Güldem AtabayPosted on21 January, 2021The central bank of Turkey today at its Monetary Policy Council (MPC) meeting kept the … Continue ReadingCentral Bank keeps the rate at 17% with a strong “no rate cut soon” message
Categories Damon H. Grande Economy HIGHLIGHTS OPINION: No rate changes until March Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 January, 2021At the eve of another Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) rate meeting, opinion is divided … Continue ReadingOPINION: No rate changes until March
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkish Housing prices Increased by a staggering 30 percent in November Cem ÇetingüçPosted on20 January, 202120 January, 2021The Housing Price Index (HPI), which increased by 1.5 percent in November 2020 compared to … Continue ReadingTurkish Housing prices Increased by a staggering 30 percent in November
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Getir raised $128 million in funding for overseas growth Cem ÇetingüçPosted on20 January, 2021Fast delivery company Getir provided $128 million in funding as a part of its growth … Continue ReadingGetir raised $128 million in funding for overseas growth
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Politics Bloomberg: Incoming Biden Administration Hints at More Turkey Sanctions Güldem AtabayPosted on20 January, 202120 January, 2021President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the State Department said the U.S. would decide whether … Continue ReadingBloomberg: Incoming Biden Administration Hints at More Turkey Sanctions
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s prospects in 2021 Güldem AtabayPosted on20 January, 2021Will 2021 be a year of reckoning for Turkey and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan? … Continue ReadingTurkey’s prospects in 2021
Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey’s high yielding Eurobond sale: 1/3 of the 2021 target completed Güldem AtabayPosted on20 January, 202120 January, 2021As was announced the day before, Turkey completed its first Eurobond sale of 2021 and … Continue ReadingTurkey’s high yielding Eurobond sale: 1/3 of the 2021 target completed
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish ‘spy’ deported from Austria Cem ÇetingüçPosted on20 January, 202120 January, 2021A suspected Turkish intelligence agent turned whistleblower who handed himself into Austrian police claiming he … Continue ReadingTurkish ‘spy’ deported from Austria
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics US Secretary of state Blinken: Turkey should act like an ally Cem ÇetingüçPosted on20 January, 202120 January, 2021U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of state on Tuesday accused NATO member Turkey … Continue ReadingUS Secretary of state Blinken: Turkey should act like an ally
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS BREAKING: Explosions in Turkey nuclear plant construction side Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 January, 2021Turkish and international news agencies report two major explosions and heavy smoke at the construction … Continue ReadingBREAKING: Explosions in Turkey nuclear plant construction side
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Tim Ash: A quick and dirty Turkey Q&A Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 January, 2021Q? There have recently been some major changes at the Central Bank of the Republic … Continue ReadingTim Ash: A quick and dirty Turkey Q&A
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS JP Morgan: We expect the CBRT to remain on hold Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 January, 2021We believe that the cumulative 675bp tightening the CBRT delivered over the last two meetings … Continue ReadingJP Morgan: We expect the CBRT to remain on hold
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s social media law: Twitter at the target Güldem AtabayPosted on19 January, 2021Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest after they failed to appoint … Continue ReadingTurkey’s social media law: Twitter at the target
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS New Eurobond issue: 2026-2 31 maturity Güldem AtabayPosted on19 January, 2021The Treasury and Finance Ministry announced it hired Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan for the … Continue ReadingNew Eurobond issue: 2026-2 31 maturity
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Consumer Confidence Index- January 2021 Cem ÇetingüçPosted on18 January, 202118 January, 2021Bloomberg HT Consumer Confidence Index preliminary result for January 2021 displays a rise of 9.56 … Continue ReadingConsumer Confidence Index- January 2021
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Eurasia Research’s up-to-date survey revealed shocking results Cem ÇetingüçPosted on18 January, 202118 January, 2021Kemal Özkiraz shared the January 2021 surveys of Eurasia Research. Özkiraz, who shared the initial … Continue ReadingEurasia Research’s up-to-date survey revealed shocking results
Categories Business Company & Industry Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Banks are becoming the new owner of Shopping Malls in Turkey Cem ÇetingüçPosted on18 January, 2021Banks are becoming the new owner of Shopping Malls in Turkey Transfer of 30 shopping … Continue ReadingBanks are becoming the new owner of Shopping Malls in Turkey
