Dec 13, 2021

What’s life like when your currency’s value plummets? Ask Turkey.

Also today: Julia Coronado joins us to discuss the markets, especially when it comes to what to expect from the Federal Reserve in the coming days.

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Lira's decline hangs over Turkey's people

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Dec 13, 2021

Turkey's currency, the lira, has dropped to a record low. Its decline has the central bank there contemplating a cut in interest rates.

A vendor sorts his lottery tickets displayed on a stall on a street in Ankara on December 12, 2021.

ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

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