Country Report Turkey April 2011

Outlook for 2011-15: Forecast summary

Forecast summary
(% unless otherwise indicated)
 2010a2011b2012b2013b2014b2015b
Real GDP growth8.1c4.95.05.35.55.3
Industrial production growth13.18.25.55.05.55.0
Gross fixed investment growth26.5c16.09.58.57.57.5
Unemployment rate (av)12.011.811.310.810.29.7
Consumer price inflation (av)8.65.97.35.84.84.0
Consumer price inflation (end-period)6.47.46.35.74.14.0
Short-term interbank rate5.86.07.56.58.37.5
Government balance (% of GDP)-3.6c-2.9-2.6-2.9-2.6-2.0
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn)120.9cd130.0138.4149.7165.9185.7
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn)177.3cd192.1200.0214.8229.8252.4
Current-account balance (US$ bn)-48.6cd-50.9-50.1-53.9-55.3-58.1
Current-account balance (% of GDP)-6.7c-6.8-6.0-5.9-5.4-5.1
External debt (end-period; US$ bn)292.7c302.7302.6307.2314.0321.6
Exchange rate TL:US$ (av)1.5031.5981.6131.6291.6151.609
Exchange rate TL:US$ (end-period)1.5411.6051.6211.6221.6121.606
Exchange rate TL:¥100 (av)1.7101.9601.9912.0111.9671.927
Exchange rate TL:€ (av)1.9922.0892.0161.9581.9832.052
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. c Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. d Based on Central Bank of Turkey full-year data.

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