Turkey’s Central Bank (CBRT)



Turkish lira in freefall: What triggered the sharp decline?

  • While dollar/lira parity was just 1.31 in 2008 and 2.83 in 2016, it reached 7.31 on Friday morning, passing beyond the psychological threshold
  • According to experts, Turkey has already run out of ammunition for defending the lira, apart from buying gold to diversify its portfolio
By Arab News ·