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Turkey Hopes To Save The Sinking Lira

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs

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The Turkish central bank is holding an emergency meeting in hopes to stop the lira from sliding further. CNN reports.

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Turkish central bank raises lending rate to 12% (BBC, Jan 28, 2014)
http://bbc.in/1b2QxhZ
"The Turkish central bank has raised its overnight lending rate to 12% from 7.75% after an emergency meeting. It also increased the overnight borrowing rate to 8% from 3.5%. The move was intended to help stabilise the value of the lira, which plunged in recent days amid ongoing turmoil across emerging markets. The lira immediately strengthened after the central bank announcement, to 2.2 lira to the US dollar, from 2.253. The Turkish central bank had been slow to act amid fears that a rate rise could hurt the economy. In a statement, the bank said the move was intended to combat inflation, which reached 7.4% in December..."

Turkey turmoil prompts central bank meeting (CNN, Jan 27, 2014)
http://cnnmon.ie/1fly0ic
"Turkey's central bank will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday in an effort to halt the lira's steep decline as the sell-off sweeping emerging markets deepens. The news helped the currency find firmer footing against the U.S. dollar Monday, but not enough to fully claw back recent losses. Over the past month the Turkish lira has sunk to record lows against the dollar, and weakened sharply against the euro. Stocks in the country have also been battered as a wide-ranging probe into public sector corruption continues to spook investors..."


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