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Steve Saretsky

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The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

What movie is that from?

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Okay.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

It's from WKRP.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

So, so far this year, Turkey has been selling their U.S.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

treasuries.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

So, you know, every major central bank, they hold reserves to protect their local currency.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

And don't get fooled by the number of reserves they have.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Some reserves are liquid.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Other reserves are not liquid whatsoever.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

So it's kind of a weird number.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

But what is liquid is U.S.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Treasuries.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

So the Turkish lira has been weakening significantly this year.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

And so part of their...

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

it's not an official currency management board, but it is the central bank and whatever, whoever, who's running Turkey these days?

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Erdogan?

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Erdogan, yeah.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

Yeah, so whatever basically he has to do, they have to do.

The Loonie Hour
Inflation Is Heating Up… Will Central Banks Ignore It?

But to protect their currency,