The Effects of Macro Economic Factors to Banking Sector Returns: Borsa Istanbul Case Cover Image

Makro Ekonomik Faktörlerin Bankacılık Sektörü Getirileri Üzerine Etkisi: Borsa İstanbul Örneği
The Effects of Macro Economic Factors to Banking Sector Returns: Borsa Istanbul Case

Author(s): Gökhan Özkul, Ahmet Oğuz Akgüneş
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Financial Markets
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Banking Sector; Financial Return; BIST 10 Bank Return Index; Macroeconomic Factors;

Summary/Abstract: Today, technological and scientific developments impact the banking sector and enhance the commercial, as well as financial functionality of the banking sector. Improvement of this functionality caused a gradual increase in the banks’ profits; as a result of which, the bank profits now has become more crucial for the market. The cruciality is a result of the fact that banking sector’s revenues do not concern the bank owners and partners only; the revenues also concern the investors that trade stocks of the banks. This paper discusses the macro economical factors that have certain impact on the bank revenues, to which more importance has been attached for recent years. This paper takes basis BIST Top 10 Bank Return Index monthly data between January 2010 and July 2014. The macro economic factors that have impact on bank returns are handled through multiple linear regression model. The analysis finds that BIST Top 100 Return Index has positive impact on BIST Top 10 bank return index, whereas money supply (M1), industrial production index and export unit value index has negative impact on BIST Top 10 Bank Return Index.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 272-298
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Turkish