Paper Title
An Econometric Analysis on Bank Loans and Inflation Rate in The Light on Turkey’s Economy

Abstract
As known, the relationship between banks loans and inflation is one of the most important topics of financial field. In this context, this paper is focused on the mentioned relationship in the light of Turkey’s economy. The principal parameters of this study are determined as total banks loans and inflation rate including the time period of 1994-2018 (8) and implemented by the vector autoregressive model (VAR). The relationships are econometrically analysed by Johansen cointegration and Granger causality analysis. It is seen that inflation bank loans is negatively effected by inflation, while inflation is positively effected by bank loans in the long term. Also, Granger causality test shows that bi-directional causality doesn’t exists between bank loans and inflation in the short term. Keywords- Bank Loans, Inflation, Turkey’s Economy, Time Series,VAR Model,