Reasons, Financing Quality and Sustainability of Current Account Deficit in Turkey: An Econometric Analysis

In recent years, Turkey's most important economic problem is high current account deficit. Current account deficit must be brought under control so as to maintain the macroeconomic balances and to ensure the sustainable economic growth. In this context, the analysis of the reasons, financing quality and sustainability of the current account deficit is of great importance. In this study, the reasons and financing quality of current account deficit in Turkey have been investigated via VAR method. Tthe sustainability of the current account deficit has been analyzed by means of Johansen and VEC method, by using the data of the 1996: M01-2012: M01 period. According to the results of the analysis; the current account deficit is weakly sustainable in Turkey.