ISTANBUL -- Turkey's central bank stunned markets on Thursday by slashing its key interest rate a full percentage point, with the lira plunging to record low levels.
The Monetary Policy Committee had been widely expected by forecasters to hold its one-week repo rate steady at 19%, but instead cut it by 100 basis points to 18%.
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