Turkey Asks Banks to Hedge Currency Risk in Move to Buoy Lira
- Banks told to buy future agreements to balance FX obligations
- Measure aims to increase the nation’s currency reserves
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Turkey is asking banks to use futures contracts to hedge their growing foreign-currency liabilities to help ease some of the pressure that a surge in dollar demand from local businesses is putting on the lira exchange rate.