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Emerging market chaos hits stock markets and currencies | Business …

Turkish lira bills at a currency exchange office in Istanbul. Turkish lira hit record lows despite the central bank spending an estimated £1bn to prop up the curerency’s value during the day. Photograph: Murad Sezer/REUTERSA series of political scandals and accusations of mismanagement in some of the world’s major developing economies triggered turmoil on international stock exchanges on Friday.The FTSE […]