Wednesday, 28 August 2013

TURKISH LIRA HITS A NEW LOW

Turkey’s lira is at a record dollar-low as the prospect of growing conflict in Syria continues to hit emerging market currencies.

The dollar climbed 0.6 per cent to TL2.0450, having touched a record TL2.0681.

The lira has lost 3 per cent this week, a heavy bout of selling in currency terms.

Turkey’s central bank on Tuesday said it would not raise its main interest rate again this year, following a half point rise to 7.75 per cent earlier this month, in spite of inflation, which in July was running at 8.8 per cent.

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