Inflation In Venezuela Now Up Over 4000%
Nevermind 500% inflation, Venezuela has blown past that now. Media reports allege that the country is now facing over 4000% inflation.
However, now media reports are alleging that the inflation is up over 4000% for the country. The currency is becoming more worthless by the day and the current conditions are being referred to by the international community and those from within, as a humanitarian crisis.
Just this year, the Bolivar has allegedly lost over 96 percent of its value.
To compare, at the beginning of 2017, you could allegedly get one US dollar for around 3,100 bolivars. These are according to unofficial exchange rates.
According to an economist from Johns Hopkins, he estimates that compared to one year ago, the inflation in Venezuela has increased roughly over 4,115%. Market analysts suggest that recent defaults-late payments- on government bonds are what prompted the inflation rate to rise dramatically. And the current course that the country seems to be on is being referred to as a 'death spiral' that is only going to continue getting worse.
Both Russia and China have signaled their interest to help the nation with attempting to restructure their debt. And President Maduro has said that they intend to keep serving their debt obligations.
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Anadolu Agency-Getty Images via NPR
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Banco Central De Venezuela - tradingeconomics.com via TheMarketMogul
Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/13/inflation-in-venezuela-seen-hitting-1500-in-2017-as-crisis-goes-from-bad-to-worse.html
http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/22/news/economy/venezuela-currency-crash/index.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/28/479761002/in-venezuela-devalued-money-may-weigh-more-than-whatever-you-can-buy
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/news/economy/venezuela-imf-economy/index.html
https://themarketmogul.com/venezuela-inflation-explained/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2017/11/14/venezuela-defaults/#21eff5b42755
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/venezuela-in-fresh-defaults-on-two-bonds-s-amp-p/article/508252
http://fortune.com/2017/11/21/venezuela-debt-restructure-maduro-default/
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Very sad and worst to here that for Venezuela people
Bolivar has lost over 96 percent of its value.. this is not good.. life becomes so much tough when you lose 96% of your holding.. The good news is Russia and China showed their interest to help Venezuela. Hope Venezuela will overcome their problems in a short time!
Any idea on how many people in Venezuela own bitcoin and gold?
Venezuela is one of those places that really make Bitcoin seem like a great investment because people are going to want a non-inflationary store of value, particularly if we ever figure out transactions per second and fees in such a way that micro-transactions become possible with BTC.
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
i wanted to wish you a very blessed Thanksgiving.
thank you! same to you sir! :)
Hello friend, everything you mention in your blog is true, I am Venezuelan and I still live in my country, inflation is fierce, corruption at all levels is killing us, it is very difficult the situation of the country but Venezuelans have to solve our problem from here, and I have confidence that we will be victorious, you can visit my blog, a big hug
thank you for your comment! followed!
So kinda like early STEEM.
Great post @doitvoluntarily. It is very sad that this is happening but I believe this will soon be a thing of the past. Crypto currencies will force governments to be more fiscally responsible or the people will simply disreguard the national currency.
Unbelievable, imagine people living there who see all their life’s savings become worthless day by day...and then they call bitcoin the fraud, absurd...
Es lamentable, pero pronto vendrá la solución!!! FUERZA!!!