Özet:

The current account deficits continuing without interruption since 2002 has been the subject of research in many species in recent years in Turkey. The aim of this study is inves tigate econometrically sustainability of the current account deficit that it is inured by a chronic problem and whether due to a number of structural problems. The seasonally adjusted series for the stability were investigated by ADF, PP, KPSS and Ng-Perron unit root tests in the empirical study. Presence and direction of causality was determined by Granger methods. The presence of cointegration between the series has been tested by the Engle-Granger cointegration method. Longrun and shortrun relationships between the series were analyzed by DOLS method. According to the findings in Turkey the current account deficit is sustainable even if at weak levels

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