Turkey's lira weakens to 2.5 to dollar after criticism of central bank

ISTANBUL: The Turkish lira weakened to 2.5 against the dollar on Thursday, extending losses triggered a day earlier by fierce criticism of the central bank from President Tayyip Erdogan, while the dollar was boosted by stronger-than-expected US durable goods orders.

The lira was hovering near its record low of 2.5155 which it hit two weeks ago, but edged back to 2.4965 by 1507 GMT.

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