2008-2018 EVALUATION OF MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF TURKISH ECONOMY

Oskay, Cansel

Turkey is significantly affected by the global crisis that erupted in 2008 like many countries. Macroeconomic performance was severely weakened during the crisis period. Macroeconomic performance was positively affected by the expansionary policies implemented in the period following the crisis. However, after a while, it was again disturbed and fluctuated. For this purpose, the study is designed to evaluate the macroeconomic performance of the economy of Turkey. It covers the period from 2008 until today. In order to measure the macroeconomic performance of the economy, six main indicators were selected: inflation rate, unemployment rate, growth rate, long-term interest rate, current account deficit and budget deficit. Using these indicators, Discontent Index, Misery Index and Macro...