The most striking moment of Turkey’s lira drama so far came, as so often in crises these days, courtesy of Twitter. President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that he was doubling US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium “as their currency?.?.?.?slides very rapidly against our very strong dollar!” In past financial crises, this was exactly the time when the US Treasury might have stepped in with words or actions aimed at calming markets. Mr Trump seemed instead to revel in fuelling the fire.
到目前為止,土耳其里拉戲劇性的走勢出現最引人注目的時刻是由于Twitter,這也是現如今危機中經常發生的情況。美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)上周五在Twitter上表示,“在土耳其貨幣……對我國強勁美元的匯率急速下跌之際”,他將把美國對土耳其鋼鋁的關稅提高一倍。在以往的金融危機中,美國財政部在這個時候可能會通過喊話或行動來干預,以安撫市場。相反,特朗普似乎喜歡火上澆油。