Turkey Discards Bill to Use Bonds to Pay Banks in Lira Plan

A customer at a local market in Bursa, Turkey.Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg
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Turkey discarded a plan to use bonds to pay for banks’ possible losses from a new government tool to bolster the lira.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing AK Party voted on Friday to remove the clause on payments in bonds -- instead of cash -- according to minutes of a meeting of the parliamentary Planning and Budget Committee.