He now thinks that the Turkish Lira is a "safe haven" for investments like the Swiss Franc, when the Turkish inflation is running at 10%, unemployment at 9-10 %, Foreign Trade Deficit in negative territory each and every month by a large margin, CAD in trouble, savings are all time low, TL depreciated 20+% against major currencies in 2011, Turkish Stock Market down 25% in 2011 and the much admired GDP heading to the toilet in 2012!
Other than that, investment in the Turkish Lira in 2012 makes perfect sense to me!
Perhaps he was talking about the TL appreciating against the Zimbabwean Dollar!
Invest in lira: 2012 advice by Gov Başçı
“Money is looking for safe havens,” the governor said. “The number of safe havens is decreasing one by one. In a world like this Turkey will find external financing, and it is finding it.”
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