Forecast summary | ||||||
(% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||||
2010a | 2011b | 2012b | 2013b | 2014b | 2015b | |
Real GDP growth | 8.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
Industrial production growth | 13.1 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
Gross fixed investment growth | 29.9 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Unemployment rate (av) | 12.0 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
Consumer price inflation (av) | 8.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
Consumer price inflation (end-period) | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Short-term interbank rate | 5.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Government balance (% of GDP) | -3.6 | -3.3 | -2.5 | -2.4 | -2.4 | -2.1 |
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 120.9 | 135.6 | 140.5 | 150.8 | 164.6 | 182.3 |
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 177.3 | 200.9 | 205.5 | 220.8 | 235.9 | 259.0 |
Current-account balance (US$ bn) | -48.6 | -56.0 | -54.5 | -58.2 | -59.7 | -63.8 |
Current-account balance (% of GDP) | -6.6 | -7.3 | -6.5 | -6.3 | -5.8 | -5.6 |
External debt (end-period; US$ bn) | 290.4cd | 312.5 | 315.4 | 322.6 | 330.9 | 347.7 |
Exchange rate TL:US$ (av) | 1.503 | 1.564 | 1.600 | 1.609 | 1.591 | 1.585 |
Exchange rate TL:US$ (end-period) | 1.541 | 1.582 | 1.605 | 1.600 | 1.588 | 1.582 |
Exchange rate TL:¥100 (av) | 1.710 | 1.913 | 1.976 | 1.987 | 1.938 | 1.898 |
Exchange rate TL:€ (av) | 1.992 | 2.134 | 2.073 | 1.975 | 1.953 | 2.021 |
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. c Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. d Based on full-year Treasury data. |
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