Hints and tips:
...“Second, I think the security institutions will side with the victor....
...I prefer the budget,” Lira said in an interview with Globo News on Monday....
...It has also contributed to the woes of the Turkish lira, which has fallen about 28 per cent against the dollar this year....
...The argument over Islam has provided a leader who sees himself as a champion of the Islamic world with a useful distraction from the woes of the Turkish economy and the lira, which has plunged to a succession...
...Mr Imamoglu was the victor in the previous contest for the mayoralty but was stripped of his narrow victory after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AKP party claimed fraud....
...With the abolition of the lira, that salve is no longer available....
...Mr Widodo’s sole rival, former general Prabowo Subianto, who polled 47 per cent of the vote to the victor’s 53 per cent, called it “not fair, not just, not clean”....
...Stanley’s analysts have highlighted “the fragile five” currencies that they consider the most at risk from a shift in sentiment towards emerging markets – the Brazilian real, the Indian rupee, the Turkish lira...
...Ankara reported disappointing growth figures last week while the lira plunged to an all-time low against the dollar yesterday amid concerns about the rule of law and strong US economic data....
...- How much pressure can the lira take?...
...The question is whether Turkey’s prime minister has emerged from the confrontation as a victor or weaker than first meets the eye....
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