Venezuela’s Central Bank Says Inflation Was Only 130,060% in 2018
HAVANA TIMES – Venezuela’s inflation rate reached 130,060 per cent during all of 2018, the country’s central bank said in its first release of official inflation figures in more than three years.
The figure is considerably higher than the 862.6 per cent the central bank reports for 2017, but much lower than the 1.4 million per cent the International Monetary Fund had predicted for last year.
The opposition-controlled National Assembly has issued even higher figures than the IMF.
Venezuela’s gross domestic product shrank by 19.2 per cent in the first nine months of 2018, according to the central bank.
The country’s GDP will contract by up to 30 per cent this year, signifying a drop of up to 65 per cent over five years, the daily El Universal quoted the consulting firm Aristimuno Herrera & Asociados as saying.
The central bank had not published official economic data since 2015, leaving the task to the National Assembly.
The government attributes the country’s economic problems to US sanctions, while the opposition blames President Nicolas Maduro’s economic policies.
The South American country is in the grip of an economic and political crisis that has sent millions of citizens fleeing abroad.
So Kevin Corcaran’s reaction to an admitted inflation rate (which in reality was even higher) of 130,060% is “Viva Venezuela”. So the economic policies which Fidel Castro instilled in Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro are to be admired?
Why not face the reality Kevin that caused three and a half million Venezuelans to abandon their country and to seek sanctuary where sanity rules?
The Trump administration wants Venezuelas natural resourses; namely their oil and will do anything to get their hands on it!! They also want Venezuelas gold, diamonds and precious metals. The people of Venezula will not allow this to happen!!! Presedent Maduro will not allow this to happen!! Trump is wageing economic warfare against Venezula but he will fail to bring the Venezulan people to their knees!! Viva Venezula!!!