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Venezuela: Devaluation through the back door

The Venezuelan government’s re-introduction of SICAD foreign exchange auctions amounts to yet another devaluation of the bolivar. But with the authorities unlikely to present a lasting solution to the economy’s fundamental lack of hard currency, shortages of many imported goods will ensure that inflation remains high and that the economy will struggle to grow.

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