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By Gontran de Quillacq
On December 2, 2021

The Turkish Lira keeps on falling

The intervention orchestrated by the Turkish Central Bank to sustain the Lira has turned ineffective. The Lira fell further. Erdogan has therefore replaced his finance minister with an even more loyal executive.

The intervention orchestrated by the Turkish Central Bank to sustain the Lira has turned ineffective. The Lira fell further. Erdogan has therefore replaced his finance minister with an even more loyal executive.

Turkish-Lira-falls-further

Erdogan has re-confirmed the low-interest strategy. He may be exacerbating tensions to impose martial law (see our past note on the Turkey situation ). It certainly looks this way.

And no, the law of economics gravity did not change overnight for him.

Meanwhile, a new article by the WSJ explains the pain of Turkish people:

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