Venezuela Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/venezuela/ Watching for inflation here, there and everywhere Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:28:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/inflationwatch.drduru.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-new-hp-money-printing-plates.png-1.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Venezuela Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/venezuela/ 32 32 246324047 Venezuela looks to expand price controls https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/venezuela-looks-to-expand-price-controls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-looks-to-expand-price-controls Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:28:37 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1911 If inflation levels remain higher than you like, simply regulate inflation out of existence, right? This logic appears to be the approach of the Venezuelan government as it seeks to curb what it sees as rampant speculation and unfair business practices. According to Nightly Business Report, inflation was 27% last year in Venezuela. The proposed […]

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]]> If inflation levels remain higher than you like, simply regulate inflation out of existence, right? This logic appears to be the approach of the Venezuelan government as it seeks to curb what it sees as rampant speculation and unfair business practices. According to Nightly Business Report, inflation was 27% last year in Venezuela. The proposed Law for Fair Costs and Prices will create the Superintendence of Costs and Prices that will determine the prices of certain products in an effort to curb inflation. The law bolsters existing price control efforts.

Look for inflation to get worse, black markets to grow, and scarcity of goods to get more severe. It seems to me Venezuela is going after symptoms rather than causes.

For more detail, see “Analysts: Pending price-control law could backfire.”

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