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Erdogan’s unconventional view that the way to tame inflation was to lower interest rates has, unsurprisingly, led to spiraling inflation and eventually a collapsing Turkish lira.—Ryan Hogg, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 And while, minimum wages have risen by 249 percent in the last two years, set at 22,104 lira (approxmimately $626) in January 2025, there was a change in the process, as minimum wage had not been increased again this summer.—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 Aug. 2025 So even though the two models are only about 391,000 lira apart in price, this balloons to 1.6 million, or $40,000, after tax.—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025 The Turkish lira depreciated almost 13% against the greenback since the start of the year.—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lira
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