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Growing risk of balance of payments crisis in Venezuela

The Venezuelan economy may already be in recession and we continue to expect GDP to contract by 1% this year. With the authorities running out of hard currency, and oil prices unlikely to rebound over the coming months, there is a growing risk of a balance of payments crisis and debt default.

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