Turkey's Currency Crisis Explained: Will It Survive Hyperinflation?

This year, the Turkish Lira has lost nearly half of its value against the U.S. dollar, making it the worst-performing of all emerging market currencies,

and inflation is skyrocketing. And the plunge is largely thanks to the policies implemented by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Investors and economists fear that Turkey's embattled economy could get a lot worse before it gets better. First, I will explain how the crisis began. How does the intertest rate work in the economy? How does a weakening currency affect imports and exports? Does that mean Erdogan is right? Turkey's debt problems.