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Venezuela confirms recession, highest inflation in Americas
Reuters ^ | December 30, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 12/31/2014 4:16:20 AM PST by C19fan

Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday it had entered a recession while inflation remained the highest in the Americas, and President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government blamed political foes for the dismal data. The Central Bank said gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in each of the first three quarters: 4.8 percent, 4.9 percent and 2.3 percent. Twelve-month inflation reached 63.6 percent in November.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: inflation; recession; venezuela
/src on/Mission accomplished Chavistas/src off/. Notice the contraction in the economy started before the crash in the oil markets. This is ultimate Friday bad news dump. Dump all this horrible economic news on New Years Eve. I wonder if you are going to looking at double digit negative growth rates with oil trading at below $60 per barrel.
1 posted on 12/31/2014 4:16:20 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Recession? Venezuela is well into a total economic collapse.


2 posted on 12/31/2014 4:24:29 AM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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To: C19fan

Just wait till this Oil Tsunnami hits the US.

The ONLY good economic news during 0bama’s reign is the drilling and fracking on private lands.
If that economic activity, and those full time jobs, evaporate, what then??


3 posted on 12/31/2014 4:56:12 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: C19fan

Ain’t socialism grand!


4 posted on 12/31/2014 5:04:22 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Paging Margret Thatcher, paging Lady Thatcher, clean up in aisle V.


5 posted on 12/31/2014 5:58:19 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

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6 posted on 12/31/2014 5:58:37 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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...blamed political foes...

Same socialist/communist results as usual and blaming the same "others," as usual.

7 posted on 12/31/2014 6:12:44 AM PST by CPOSharky (I was born with nothing, and I still have most of it.)
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“blamed political foes”...aka Bush’s fault.


8 posted on 12/31/2014 6:21:48 AM PST by exPBRrat
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