Turkey – The old economy is dead, let’s bury it

Winds of change are blowing through the marbled corridors of Turkish banks, which have grown rich from inflation. Contrary to all expectations, the government has received the backing of the IMF for an ambitious economic programme whose success is widely predicted.

Turkish banks face a major shake-up that will inevitably lead to consolidation. For years most of them have fed off hyper-inflation. At long last, though, the government has committed itself to a programme of disinflation with the backing of an IMF standby agreement. The target of the three-year long standby agreement is to bring down inflation to single digits by the end of 2003. For the first time there is widespread public support for this and the government has displayed remarkable determination and consistency.

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