Country Report Turkey May 2011

Outlook for 2011-15: Forecast summary

Forecast summary
(% unless otherwise indicated)
 2010a2011b2012b2013b2014b2015b
Real GDP growth8.94.64.85.05.45.2
Industrial production growth13.17.75.55.05.55.0
Gross fixed investment growth29.918.59.08.57.57.5
Unemployment rate (av)12.011.88.78.27.57.0
Consumer price inflation (av)8.65.67.55.84.84.0
Consumer price inflation (end-period)6.47.26.35.64.14.0
Short-term interbank rate5.82.03.54.54.54.5
Government balance (% of GDP)-3.6-3.3-2.5-2.4-2.4-2.1
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn)120.9135.6140.5150.8164.6182.3
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn)177.3200.9205.5220.8235.9259.0
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)290.4cd312.5315.4322.6330.9347.7
Exchange rate TL:US$ (av)1.5031.5641.6001.6091.5911.585
Exchange rate TL:US$ (end-period)1.5411.5821.6051.6001.5881.582
Exchange rate TL:¥100 (av)1.7101.9131.9761.9871.9381.898
Exchange rate TL:€ (av)1.9922.1342.0731.9751.9532.021
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. c Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. d Based on full-year Treasury data.

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