Erdogan cuts interest rates and sends the lira lower

As Turkey’s unemployment rate hovers below 80 percent, the central bank is unexpectedly cutting interest rates. The measure has the signature of President Erdogan, for whom price stability is not a priority. He has other important things.

You can buy a limited amount of goods in the markets of Istanbul with Turkish lira.

You can buy a limited amount of goods in the markets of Istanbul with Turkish lira.

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“Just when you think the Central Bank of Turkey can’t get any crazier, it enters a new kind of madness.” What Timothy Ash, an expert at Bluebay Asset Management from Turkey, instead undiplomatically to the point, now shows a great deal on the financial market. For too long, the financial authorities have been acting against all economic logic and are making Turkey’s problems worse.

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