Could Hyperinflation Be Next for Venezuela?

(Harvest) We’ve all seen the news reports – lines for food and basic staples that stretch for blocks, increasing violent crime, kidnappings and corruption are making day-to-day life in Venezuela a real struggle. It wasn’t always like this, but in the past 20 years Venezuela has gone from one of the richest countries in South America to one of the poorest. To make matters worse, the country is now in the throes of near hyperinflation reminiscent of post-WW1 Weimar Germany or Zimbabwe in the years before dollarization in 2009.

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