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IMF: Venezuela inflation to surpass 700 percent
Ay-Pee The International Monetary Fund says Venezuela inflation will blow past 700 percent this year. In a note published Friday, IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner said inflation would more than double in the economically struggling South American country in 2016, reaching 720 percent. Venezuela already suffers from the world's highest inflation rate. The IMF estimates that inflation here was running at 275 percent last year. Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-22 |
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