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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Turks drive hours to buy cheese in Greece and escape inflation

www.straitstimes.com

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Turks drive hours to buy cheese in Greece and escape inflation

www.straitstimes.com

fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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Cross-border retail has become routine for many who find everyday purchases in Greece cheaper. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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  • MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
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    I thought Turks didnt like curds

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      Did somebody forget to tell them? There’s no whey they can’t know.

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    Removed by mod

    • credo@lemmy.world
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      This is a bot ^^

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    Border shopping isn’t different anywhere else

    In Denmark we drive hours to Germany to buy cheap beer and tobacco

    In Greece they travel(ed) to Turkey for cheap leather clothing

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      We Finns travel to Estonia (and to Latvia) for cheap booze. Russians used to come to Finland for cheese which always makes me lol

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    I used to order my cheese from Constantinople but I eventually picked it up in Istanbul.

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      You had your chance to over throw him

  • plyth@feddit.org
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    If Turks buy in Greece, doesn’t that make the Euro the weak currency? If the Turkish Lira is devaluating so much, they shouldn’t be able to exchange it into strong Euro to their advantage.

    • Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet@lemmy.world
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      The Turkish central bank artificially holds the value of the Turkish Lira at great cost. Turks take advantage of that.

      • plyth@feddit.org
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        How do they do it?

        • Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet@lemmy.world
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          They buy shittons of Lira with their foreign currency reserves.

          • plyth@feddit.org
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            They import more than they export. The foreign exchange reserves are stable at about $80 billion, besides one dip.

            Where do those reserves come from?

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              Last time I heard about it were the Turkish elections where they decimated their reserves. Situation apparently has changed now, you know more than me

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      I think this is an example of purchasing power vs currency swap value.

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        The central bank said on Nov 7 it expects inflation to close this year above 30 per cent,

        How do they do this? 30% inflation means they are printing money. How do they manage to create the demand for Lira that they can buy Euros for cheap? Usually people would want to buy Euros and the value for Lira would fall.

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    Greece has some really good cheese. I would make the drive too haha

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