Turkish lira crashes to a record low after Istanbul terror attack

Ixabiso lemali yaseTurkey enenkathazo, i-lira, iye yawela kwirekhodi ephantsi malunga ne-dollar yase-US ngenxa yokukhula kweenkxalabo zokhuseleko emva kohlaselo lwamaphekula e-Istanbul kunye nezinga eliphezulu lokunyuka kwamaxabiso.

I-lira yathengiswa kwi-3.59 ukuya kwi-dollar enye ngoLwesibini, ilahleko eyongezelelweyo ye-1.38 yosuku emva kokuba yawa ngaphambili nge-3.6 lira yesilingi, iphawula okokuqala kwirekhodi ukuba ixabiso layo liyancipha ukuba liphantsi ngokuchasene nemali yaseMelika.

Imali yaseTurkey yatshitshiswa kwangaphambili kukunyuka okubukhali okungalindelekanga kokunyuka kwamaxabiso emva kukaDisemba, ukuvelisa ukulindela ukunyuka kwamazinga kule nyanga.

Amaxabiso abathengi anyuke ngeepesenti ezisi-8.5 ngoDisemba xa kuthelekiswa nenyanga enye kunyaka ophelileyo nangepesenti ezisi-8.5 kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Amaxabiso eTurkey anyuka ngakumbi ngepesenti ze-1.64 ukususela ngoNovemba, kakhulu kunokuba kulindelwe ngabahlalutyi bezemali.

Ngaphezu koko, ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ngoNyaka oMtsha kwi-nightclub e-Istanbul, eyashiya abantu be-39 befile, yayithathwa njengento ephambili ekuhlahleni kwexabiso le-lira yaseTurkey.

The terror assault, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, was the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in the past several months in Turkey, which is widely suspected of backing militants in Syria and Iraq.

Uninzi lwabanqolobi olunxulumene neDaesh eTurkey, kunye nezinye ezininzi ze-Kurdistan Workers 'Party (PKK), ziye zabetha imboni yezokhenketho ebalulekileyo yelizwe kunye nokutyalomali okunciphisa.

Imali yaseTurkey ilahlekelwe yi-24 yepesenti yexabiso layo kwidola kuphela kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ilahlekelwe ngama-53 ekhulwini kwixabiso kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, emva kokuba ithengise i-2.34 nge-dollar yase-US ekuqaleni kwe-2015.