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Revisiting Turkey’s bank risks

The IMF has put the vulnerabilities in the Turkish banking sector – which we have been warning about for several years – back into the spotlight. So far, there have been remarkably few signs of stress in the sector. But given the scale and structure of the recent credit boom, it’s hard to see how Turkey can avoid a situation in which non-performing loans rise and bank lending slows sharply.

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