Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1 Million Percent, IMF Forecasts

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Unfortunately this just continues the narrative that Venezuela is an economic hellhole because of “socialism,” instead of massive corruption, oil price drops, incredible state capital mismanagement, foreign capital flight and trade pause, and Chavez stupidly refusing to diversify the economy while he was flush with cash.
 
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A million percent is hyperinflation and the actions of companies outside of monopolies doesn't do much to affect the situation. It is most likely driven by excessive money printing or funding of recurrent government exenditure trhough the printing press. At high levels of inflation prices cannot rise fast enough to match the value of the currency. In Zimbabwe when it happened there were instances of price increases during the day, you could walk into a shop at 9 am and come back at 11 with the price doubling. The state will likely enact some price controls which only serve to create a black market where all the goods dissapear.
 
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