Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro Says 2015 inflation near 100%, economy to shrink 4 percent

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Venezuela president says 2015 inflation near 100 percent, economy to shrink 4 percent:

Venezuela’s annual inflation rate is near 100 percent and the economy will likely contract around 4 percent this year, said President Nicolas Maduro, in a rare mention of data detailing the OPEC nation’s economic woes.

The central bank has not published inflation or GDP figures for this year, as the state-led economy unravels.

Many economists believe consumer prices are rising much faster than 100 percent, and the International Monetary Fund recently estimated that the economy will contract 10 percent this year.

Currency and price controls, as well as a recent collapse in oil prices, have severely damaged Venezuela’s economy.

Maduro, however, blames an “economic war” waged, he says, by the opposition.

“The miracle this year: (despite) the economic war, 4 percent contraction, I think this year, inflation near 100 percent and (yet) unemployment today is down to near 5 percent, poverty is down, misery is down,” said Maduro during a near-five hour television program on Tuesday night.

Maduro did not offer further details.

Voters punished Maduro over the economy in Sunday’s legislative election, handing the opposition a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.

The opposition has demanded officials release economic data and solve economic problems.

 

3 thoughts on “Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro Says 2015 inflation near 100%, economy to shrink 4 percent”

  1. The basic principle of Socialism is sound.
    The basic principle of Capitalism is also sound.
    The problem lies in the corruption of power created by the successes of both.

    A Nation’s Assets, whether they are Raw Materials, Skills, or Finished Products are marketable and should be for the benefit of that Nation.

    John Perkins proves that in today’s society of power, greed and corruption, coupled with Politics and Global Corporatist domination, the benefits for the people of the Nation are over-ruled by the greed of the Global (US) Corporatist Capitalists.

    Until that collapses, Venezuela is fucked.

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