Why Turkey's Economy Is Collapsing?
The lira lost nearly 30 percent of its value against the United States dollar in November. But why? How? What's next? Well, we are going to look deeper into it and see what is exactly happening. Turkey's lira crash After the last Turkey's currency crisis they h ad in 2018, Turkey's currency lira is falling again and this time it's serious. According to people and expert s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn't handle the economy as he should. On the contrary, Erdogan has blamed the lira’s troubles on foreigners and their supporters in Turkey. How did the lira lose so much of its value? The lira’s recent troubles were triggered after Turkey’s central bank cut interest rates by a full percentage point on November 18 – the third cut since September – and signaled it would slash rates again in December. But what have interest rates have to do with the currency's value? When a central bank lowers interest rates, money generally becomes less expensive ...