Lira Resumes Drop as Central Bank Steps Fail to Stem Sell-Off
- Currency’s recent weakness has no economic basis: Erdogan
- Central bank cut reserve requirements for lira among measures
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Turkey’s lira resumed declines, after rebounding more than 8 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, as measures announced by the central bank proved insufficient to stem a rout in the currency.
The lira slumped as much as 3.4 percent against the dollar in Asian trading on Wednesday. It slipped to a record 7.2362 on Monday, with the carnage rippling across global markets and sending stocks and currencies in emerging markets to their lowest levels in at least a year.