Monday, August 13, 2018

Asian Markets Tumble as Turkish Lira Continues to Slump

Markets in Asia fell sharply as fears grew over the Turkish lira and the potential spill-over effect to other economies.

That's after the lira plunged sharply, touching a new all-time low on Monday, before the central bank rolled out measures to stabilise the currency in afternoon trade. 

Patrick Fok reports. 

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