Turkish lira snaps record losing-streak, but rebound leaves doubts

Erdogan tolerates currency weakness in experiment of balancing inflation and growth

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The lira lost more than 40% of its value this year at one point during its 11-day skid.  © Reuters

JACK STONE TRUITT and SINAN TAVSAN, Nikkei staff writers

NEW YORK/ISTANBUL -- Turkey's currency clawed back some of its losses Wednesday after falling more than 15% at one point against the dollar the previous day on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's continued defense of interest rate cuts as a cure for rising inflation.

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