YURTIÇI TASARRUFLAR VE EKONOMIK BÜYÜME ARASINDAKI ILISKI: TÜRKIYE ÖRNEGI 1/THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOMESTIC SAVINGS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF TURKEY

The domestic savings in a country constitute one of the most important sources of funding the developments. The decline observed in domestic savings rates in Turkey, in recent years and the current account deficit as well as the negative impact on the economy due to the current account deficit made the decline in the domestic savings to come up again. In this context, the aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between domestic savings and economic growth in the scale of Turkey. For this purpose, the relationship between domestic savings and economic growth was analyzed after reviewing the theoretical and empirical literature by using the data from the period 1960-2012 for Turkish economy. The findings of the study supports the hypothesis of lifetime income savings, which states that the savings would increase as a result of the rise of economic growth and thus increase in revenue. In this context, the policy makers should focus on policies to provide sustainable economic growth in order to increase the domestic savings.