Turkish lira continues to fall
Turkey is in the midst of an economic crisis marked by high inflation.
The Turkish lira fell against the US dollar again today.
One Turkish lira traded at a rate of 15.85 liras to $1 at the end of the day today. Turkey’s currency has fallen every day since May 8, when it began the day trading at 14.94 liras to the dollar, according to the currency data website Xe.
Why it matters: Turkey is suffering from a debilitating economic crisis. The lira started falling sharply last year when the governor of Turkey’s Central Bank was abruptly fired and the bank started to cut interest rates. In December, it reached a historic low of 16.68 liras to the dollar. The Central Bank has since then sold foreign currency reserves to prop up the lira. The currency then strengthened to 10.68 liras to the dollar in late December — after the government introduced a scheme to curb dollarization and prop up the lira — but is now nearing the low reached last December.
Inflation is also skyrocketing in the country and reached 61% in April.
