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The chapters of this book offer a multidisciplinary approach of current developments in the finance and banking sector. Some parts of the book look at the risk, profitability, market and capital structure, other parts of the book focus on green banking, cryptocurrency, real confidence index, market information and financial development.

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Finance is the root of the economic systems. Positive or negative developments in the financial sector directly affect the economy of the countries. One of the fundamental components of the financial sector is the banking sector. Financial markets, which are one of the basic elements of national economies and the banking sector, form the basis of all world economies directly or indirectly. For this purpose, current affairs in both financial markets and banking sector are analysed by academicians and practitioners in different point of views.

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Banking - Financial Markets - Cryoptocurrencies - Confidence Index - Non Performing Loans - Liquidity Creation - Liquidity Risks - Buy Sell Decisions - Shadow Banking Operations - Profitability - Capital Structure - US Dollar Exchange Rate

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€agatay Basarir works as an academician in Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, International Trade and Logistics Department. His academic publications include studies on financial markets, stock exchange markets, commodity markets and precious metals in the field of time series analyses, multi criteria decision analysis and performance measurement. He teaches financial management, financial analysis, financial markets, international finance and portfolio management lessons in both graduate and undergraduate degree courses. Burak Darici works as an academician in Economics at Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Turkey. He has published in several areas. He focuses especially on monetary policy, labour market, financial markets and international economics. Hasan Murat Ertugrul works as Senior Treasury Expert at Ministry of Treasury and Finance. His academic publications include applied macroeconomic modelling issues. His academic expertise areas cover applied modelling, forecasting and macroeconomics.

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