Credit default swap (CDS) spreads: the analysis of time series for the integration with the interest rates and the growth in Turkish economy
Montenegrin Journal of Economics, vol.10, no.1, pp.59-66, 2014 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 10 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2014
- Journal Name: Montenegrin Journal of Economics
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Page Numbers: pp.59-66
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This text is for the relation between credit default swap (CDS) spreads and some chosen macro economic
data in Turkish economy. Credit default swap spread as an insurance spread is the most important sign for
the solvency of the debitors in that country about the securities that public sector and companies export in
an economy. Thus, the decisions of investors for the investment feasibility related to economy are based on
the information that was supplied by these spreads. Therefore, the credit default swap spreads have become a kind of reliability index. Moreover, they have become an information source about the general view
of economy except the investee securities. In this study, the relation between the interest rates of CDS
spreads and GDP is determined over time.