Venezuela’s sky-high inflation soared to 24,571 per cent in the past 12 months, lawmakers said yesterday.
President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government controls most of the country’s economy and is in the midst of an ever-deepening crisis with food and medicine in short supply.
Analysts blame what they call mismanagement of a state-led economy. That includes its control over hard currency, as well as low oil prices.
According to AFP news agency, the latest figure comes from a National Assembly finance committee report looking at the period May 2017 to May 2018.
Meanwhile, the consumer price index in May surged 110.1 per cent. It was the first time the index topped 100 per cent in one month.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that Venezuela’s hyperinflation will top 13,800 per cent this year.
