FINANCIAL STABILITY SERIES: MONETARY INSTABILITY IN ARGENTINA Mon 4 Jun 2018 OMFIF Focus Podcast – Financial stability series: ‘Monetary instability in Argentina.’ Otaviano Canuto, executive director at the World…
Argentina and Turkey combine balance-of-payments fragility and exposure to dollar appreciation
Turkey has been approaching a crossroads for some time now. Soon enough it will have to choose a direction.
Turkey’s economy is at a crossroads, and how the country emerges from the current period of political crisis could dictate its ability to meet its challenges. Will power consolidation and purges render a compromised central bank? Will truculence with major partners such as the EU and Russia lead to deceleration in real-sector growth? Will human rights abuses and risk aversion lead investors to steer clear of Istanbul? And how will a population on edge react to what many expect to be a miserable summer in tourism receipts?