What do China's troubles imply for Turkish economic policy?
Turkey had a decision to make like any developing country, take the Japan or Korean route or the China route. The China route is...
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Is the IPO Boom Getting too Far
Making money by investing in an IPO might be the most popular stock market strategy in Turkey, and there is an increasing belief that an...
Working while watching Netflix
Getting hired as a rookie consultant at least used to mean working 12-hour shifts, making PowerPoints late at night, and so on. But now...
Big Weeks Ahead For Turkish Markets
This week, on the 24th of August, the Turkish Central Bank will set the policy rate, the consensus view is a 250 basis point hike, which...
Has China Had Its Peak?
China has grown at an astonishing rate for decades, even creating anxiety in some of the developed countries. But the consequences of...
The Economics of Chicago: Deep-Dish Pizza and the Opportunity Cost of Time
Deep-dish pizza is probably the most famous thing about Chicago. I was surprised to pay 12 dollars after sharing a pie with a friend at...
Shrinkflation: What it is and how it’s affecting your life
Anyone living in Turkey knows about hyperinflation and has at least one experience with a product that has doubled, tripled, or...
Inflation edged up to 3.2% in July
The inflation reading for July was announced today, as 3.2%. This shows a slight uptick from the June data, but the core inflation edged...
China faces the risk of deflation
The country's National Bureau of Statistics announced a fall in July for the first time in more than two years. Because China is in very...
Will we see another rate hike from the Fed this year?
Jerome Powell recently said that the effects of the thightening are yet to be seen. This occurs because monetary policy works with a lag,...
Wages Grow Even Though Hiring Cools
Today, the June jobs data was released. It showed that the US economy added 209,000 jobs, less than May's 360,000, and the consensus of...
ECB hikes, FED stands
The Fed chose to keep its policy rate constant in this months meeting, but the ECB decided to hike their policy rate by 0.25 percentage...
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