On the face of it, the Venezuelan government’s restructuring of petro-loans from China should boost foreign currency revenues and ease the economy’s severe dollar drought. But in reality, the deal will only offset the impact of recent oil price falls, leaving Venezuela stuck in the midst of a balance of payments crisis. As such, we still think that a default is more likely than not in the next two years.
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