Economic Indicators
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Economic Indicators
Realizations 2008 Forecast Latest 3 Realizations
Growth 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 2Q 07 3Q 07 4Q 07
GDP (YTL billion, nominal prices) 649 758 856 968 949 210 236 221
GDP (US$ billion) 481 526 659 738 689 157 183 185
GDP per capita (US$)  6.908 7.557 9.333 10.387 9.906 - - -
GDP growth rate (%) 8,4 6,9 4,5 3,3 5,5 4,0 3,4 3,4
Industrial Production  2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 01.2008 02.2008 03.2008
Industrial Production (YoY, %) 5,4 5,8 5,4 - - 11,4 7,5 2,4
Capacity Utilization Rate (Average, %) 80,3 81,0 81,8 - - 80,3 79,3 81,2
Inflation 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 02.2008 03.2008 04.2008
CPI (YoY, %) 7,7 9,7 8,4 8,3 4,0 9,10 9,15 9,66
PPI (YoY, %) 2,7 11,6 5,9 - - 8,15 10,50 14,56
Deflator 7,1 9,3 8,1 9,4 5,0 - - -
Interest Rates 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 02.2008 03.2008 04.2008
Benchmark bond (Average, %) 14,8 15,6 17,2 18,5 - 16,7 17,9 18,6
Primary (Discounted Auctions-Average, %) 16,2 18,0 18,3 - - 16,7 17,5 18,3
Dom. Borrowing Cash Maturity (Month) 27,4 27,5 33,4 - - 27,6 20,4 16,0
O/N (average, %) 16,3 17,8 18,3 15,8 - 15,4 15,3 15,3
Eurobond (2030, Yield, %) 7,2 7,1 6,8 - - 7,2 7,4 7,1
Foreign Currency 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 02.2008 03.2008 04.2008
Basket (0.5*USD+0.5*EURO, end of period) 1,4647 1,6286 1,4327 1,72 - 1,5002 1,6854 1,6422
EURO/US$ (end of period) 1,18 1,32 1,47 1,45 - 1,52 1,58 1,56
YTL/USD (average) 1,3408 1,4311 1,3015 1,31 1,38 1,1892 1,2379 1,2957
YTL/USD (end of period) 1,3418 1,4056 1,1593 1,40 - 1,1906 1,3064 1,2849
YTL/EURO (end of period) 1,5875 1,8515 1,7060 2,03 - 1,8098 2,0643 1,9994
Balance of Payments (US$ million) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 12.2007 01.2008 02.2008
Exports (f.o.b) 73.476 85.535 107.214 123.500 117.000 10.629 11.054 11.429
Imports (c.i.f) 116.774 139.576 170.057 192.000 182.000 16.337 15.995 16.792
Current Account Balance -22.136 -31.893 -37.575 -42.000 -39.200 -4.072 -3.811 -4.157
Tourism Revenue (Net) 15.280 14.110 15.227 16.400 16.200 611 547 813
Foreign Direct Investment (Net) 8.962 18.988 19.924 17.000 16.500 1.092 667 2.280
Capital Account Balance 20.304 32.064 36.503 - 39.200 6.039 2.467 3.692
Total External Debt Stock (%) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 2Q 07 3Q 07 4Q 07
Total External Debt Stock/GDP 35,0% 39,0% 37,5% - - 39,1% 38,3% 37,5%
Public/GDP 17,8% 16,6% 13,5% - - 15,4% 14,7% 13,5%
Private/GDP 17,2% 22,5% 18,8% - - 23,7% 23,7% 24,0%
Short-term/GDP 7,7% 7,7% 5,5% - - 6,8% 6,2% 6,3%
Medium&Long-term/GDP 27,3% 31,4% 26,8% - - 32,3% 32,1% 31,2%
Reserves (US$ million) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 02.2008 03.2008 04.2008
Total Foreign Reserves 68.785 101.169 117.731 - - 120.852 125.097 123.168
Central Bank Reserves 50.518 60.845 71.263 - - 74.910 74.754 74.660
CB Net FX Position 15.513 20.493 32.827 - - 32.081 31.736 33.626
Monetary Aggregates (US$ billion) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 02.2008 03.2008 04.2008
M1 29,1 30,8 44,8 - - 40,9 39,6 41,5
M2 112,4 129,5 191,6 - - 190,3 179,7 187,9
M2Y 168,7 200,8 281,2 - - 278,5 263,4 277,9
M3Y 178,0 208,7 294,3 - - 294,1 276,4 289,6
Central Government Budget (YTL million) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 01.2008 02.2008 03.2008
Revenues 137.981 173.483 189.617 204.556 - 15.781 17.628 13.779
Expenditures 146.098 178.126 203.501 222.313 - 16.306 16.608 18.649
Interest Payments 45.680 45.963 48.732 56.000 - 4.283 4.714 4.753
Budget Balance -8.117 -4.643 -13.883 -17.756 - -524 1.021 -4.870
Primary Balance 37.563 41.320 34.848 38.244 - 3.759 5.735 -117
C.G. Domestic Debt Stock (YTL billion) 244,8 251,5 255,3 - - 258,5 262,0 266,5
Central Government Debt Stock (%) 2005 2006 2007 Garanti Govern. 2Q 07 3Q 07 4Q 07
C.G. Domestic Debt Stock/GDP 37,7 33,2 29,8 - - 31,1 30,8 29,8
C.G. External Debt Stock/GDP 13,4 12,3 9,1 - - 10,8 9,9 9,1
Gross Total Public Debt Stock/GDP 53,9 48,1 41,3 38,6 - 43,9 42,8 41,3
Net Total Public Debt Stock/GDP 41,7 34,2 29,1 28,6 - 30,5 30,2 29,1
Source: TURKSTAT, CBT, Ministry of Finance, Treasury and State Planning Organization *GarantiBank forecasts
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