Fatih Özatay, PhD
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We will be affected more in the medium term
If you take a look at the online commentaries on the global crisis, two points grab your attention. First refers to the opinions emphasizing that first signs of recovery…
Export performance problems might continue in 2010
This is the last day of April. In other words, one-thirds of the year has passed. Yet, no worthwhile economic program to limit the contractionary impact of the global…
Harms of globalization (2)
Title of the column is 'harms of globalization' for the last two days. However, I believe that the benefits of globalization are more than its harms. Gradual increase of…
Harms of globalization
In 2000, ratio of Turkish exports to national incomes was around 10.4 percent. This rate gradually increased in upcoming years; for instance reached 15.2 percent in 2005…
Can things get worse?
I know it is an unpleasant title to put at the National Sovereignty and Children's Day; however, current state of affairs validates this question. Here 'worse' refers to…
Smart boys
You cannot benefit sufficiently from the experts at international standards which are already few and thus you cannot fulfill your desires in the international race of…
Unemployment rate forecasts
Recently unfavorable data are being announced one after another. At the top of these unfavorable developments was the unemployment figures announced Wednesday. New data…
An important future problem of Turkey
Along with the intensification of the global crisis, i.e. around the beginning of fourth quarter of 2008, to negative developments frightened Turkey: Fall in exports and…
Risk of negative growth as well in 2010
A step in the right direction is taken after a significant delay. Forecasts about macroeconomic indicators were revised and a more realistic picture was presented. What…
Is the recovery starting?
To begin with, I would like to refer to the dual distinction I made months ago: the real sector and potential developments in global financial markets. With 'real…
Precondition of increasing production is to increase domestic demand
The most interesting data announced last week was the data on automotive sector. Because the data announced was for the month where a significant tax cut was introduced.…
Apart from what the Central Bank has done...
The academic study I have been working on for a while has turned into an article and has been sent to relevant agencies. Before starting to work on another article, it…