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Contagion effect of the Greece crisis will not be similar with that of the previous crises
The day before Dow Jones had a historic hiccup attack. We witnessed a development from which many lessons can be learned. Nowadays everyone's discussing 'How can the…
Debt stock of Greece will grow further with the unlawful bailout package.
European Union is going through hard times. There are three recent challenges the Union is faced with. First, €80 billion of €110 billion bailout plan prepared for…
Interesting developments
The global financial system is facing a tough challenge. On Tuesday significant drops were seen both in European and US stock exchanges. It is doubtless that such sharp…
Can a bailout plan be based on market interest rate?
No it cannot. The ratio of domestic debt stock to Greece's GDP is around 120 percent. The public has learned that the budget deficit, which will intensify the domestic…
The two crises and confidence
I will continue 'the story of two crises' series. My target is to draw some prospective lessons. The lessons to drag will be shaped on the basis of the answers to these…
Is it contagious?
We first became the expert of the US economy, and now Greek economy. We cannot stop writing a commentary on the state of affairs in Greece occasionally. The last…
Again on the problems of the neighbor...
Almost a month ago favorable news on Greece spread around. Also at this column I wrote a commentary with the title 'Greece will take a deep breath, but will not be in…
Sunday Times Rich List breaks the recovery record
The Sunday Times daily of Britain announces a Rich List every year since 1989. The list gives the ranking of the richest 1000 people living in Britain. Rich List 2010…
Export structure and global crisis
One of the main reasons for the contractionary effects of the global crisis in 2009 was the fall in the demand for Turkey's exports. Steep reductions in Turkey's exports…
From Glass-Steagal to 'Volcker Rule’: What about the financial reform discussions?
Agenda of the US is occupied once again with reform discussions. We are talking about comprehensive and well designed radical and systemic steps; not deceiving political…
Do export markets of Turkey diversify?
On Monday at this column I reached the conclusion that export movements during the 2001 crisis and the global crisis were quite different. In the 2001 crisis real…
80 percent of Chambers says yes to the Prime Minister
Last Thursday I have watched the entire meeting of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) with executive branches of chambers and commodity…