FIRM PERFORMANCE AFTER CURRENCY SWING IN TURKEY

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2023

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Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business

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A currency swing is a large fluctuation in exchange rates, usually due to unexpected market event. Sharp currency swings take place quite often in currency markets. They are a normal feature of the flexible exchange rate system. It usually illustrates the need for hedging solutions in order to protect companies’ profit from sudden moves. For the past few years Turkey is one of the countries, which has been suffering from currency swing. It affects inflation rate in the country where the prices for goods and minimum wage has to be reconsidered quite often. It is quite important to note that the currency crisis historically had been quote an issue in Turkey, which had undergone the denomination of the currency. The main aim of this thesis to identify the extent to which currency swing affect the return on capital employed, solvency ratio, current ratio, operating revenue, cash flow, EBIT, EBITDA, gross margin, net income, total assets, shareholder assets, profit margin, profit before tax and return on asset of the selected companies. The research findings revealed that the impact of the exchange rate volatility after currency swing on financial metrics of the firms were insignificant. However, the measures on cash flow and gross margin had shown significant results, precisely being predicted by the independent variables of interest rate and the exchange rate.

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Khairashov, Sh. (2023). Firm Performance After Currency Swing In Turkey. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business