Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s food prices skyrocket despite agriculture Cem CetingucPosted on20 September, 202220 September, 2022 Turkey is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers. Yet increases in food prices are … Continue ReadingTurkey’s food prices skyrocket despite agriculture
Categories Business Emerging Markets HYPED IMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 A new IMF blog by Christian Bogmans, Jeff Kearns, Andrea Pescatori and Ervin Prifti concludes … Continue ReadingIMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED UN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Russia’s invasion attempt of Ukraine is … Continue ReadingUN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS: CPI inflation at 4.81% exceeds median expectation and rises further to 54.4% Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 March, 2022 CPI inflation at 4.81% exceeds median expectation in February and rises to 54.4% in YoY … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: CPI inflation at 4.81% exceeds median expectation and rises further to 54.4%
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS The price of Turkish Lira’s collapse gets heavy Cem CetingucPosted on25 November, 202125 November, 2021 Istanbul’s sky is as gloomy as the mood in the households and on the streets … Continue ReadingThe price of Turkish Lira’s collapse gets heavy
Categories Economy General Erdogan battles to curb ‘exorbitant prices’ Cem CetingucPosted on21 October, 2021 President Tayyip Erdogan has wheeled a trolley around one of the new grocery stores he … Continue ReadingErdogan battles to curb ‘exorbitant prices’
Categories Emerging Markets Reuters: Inflation haunting emerging markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 May, 2021 Inflation is a tax on the poor, it is said, which is possibly why central … Continue ReadingReuters: Inflation haunting emerging markets
Categories Emerging Markets Finance EM: Rate hike cycle gains pace Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 May, 2021 While Turkey’s Central Bank held its policy rate at 19%, Brazil’s succumbed to inflation pressures, … Continue ReadingEM: Rate hike cycle gains pace
Categories Business HYPED Climate change hits Turkey hard Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2021 Turkey experienced this year the third warmest winter in the last 50 years after 1971 … Continue ReadingClimate change hits Turkey hard