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Montevideo, May 22nd 2026 - 18:36 UTC

Tag: Central Bank of Venezuela

  • Thursday, April 30th 2026 - 13:09 UTC

    US intervention forces end to decade of statistical opacity at Venezuela's Central Bank

    The year-on-year inflation stood at 649.5% at the end of the first quarter

    The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has begun systematically publishing economic indicators that had been held under wraps for at least a decade, in an institutional shift driven by the US military intervention that culminated on January 3 with the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro and by the subsequent reconfiguration of Venezuela's financial system under Washington's oversight. The updating of historical series on the central bank's website now makes it possible to learn for the first time in years that monthly inflation reached 32% in January, 14.6% in February and 13.1% in March, while the year-on-year figure stood at 649.5% at the end of the first quarter.

  • Wednesday, April 15th 2026 - 00:59 UTC

    US lifts sanctions on Venezuela's Central Bank and backs its return to the IMF

    The move responds to persistent demands by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, whose individual sanctions OFAC had already lifted on April 1

    The US Treasury Department on Tuesday lifted financial sanctions on Venezuela's Central Bank and three other state-owned banking institutions, in the most significant easing of the punitive regime in place since 2017. On the same day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly endorsed efforts by the International Monetary Fund to reintegrate Venezuela into the international financial system.

  • Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

    Venezuela's monthly inflation stays within one-digit figures

    “Do not believe this figure from an institution that has hidden the data and publishes what is convenient for it,” said José Guerra of the Venezuelan Finance Observatory

    Venezuela's economic authorities have reported one-digit monthly inflation once again for a country that had grown accustomed to astronomic figures. However, independent observers consider this data to be absurd.

  • Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:36 UTC

    Venezuela's inflation for the year 2021 reaches “only” 686.4%

    The economy is on a path to some stability, but at what price?

    Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV) has confirmed December's 7.6% marked the 12th consecutive month with inflation below 50% for an yearly total of 686.4%, it was announced.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 22:20 UTC

    UK Supreme Court rules Guaidó is Venezuela's president, but the case is not over

    Now a Commercial Court must decide whether the Guaidó-appointed BCV board has any standing claiming the gold

    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Monday maintained opposition leader Juan Guaidó should be recognized as the truthful President of Venezuela, which would grant him access to his country's gold in custody at the Bank of England. But instead of making a decision on that issue, the case was sent back to a lower court for further judicial proceedings.

  • Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:52 UTC

    In thirteen years Venezuela has eliminated 14 zeroes from the Bolivar currency

    The digital Bolivar means that beginning October all transactions will be divided by a million, pointed out the central bank (Pic AP)

    Because of the hyperinflation process, as of next October the Venezuelan currency, Bolivar, will lose six zeroes, the central bank announced on Thursday, This is the third time in thirteen years that monetary officials in the country appeal to eliminating ciphers.

  • Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

    Citigroup plans to sell US$ 1.6bn of Venezuelan gold held on collateral

    Under the terms of the 2015 deal with Citigroup’s Citibank, Venezuela was due to repay US$ 1.1 billion of the loan on March 11

    Citigroup Inc plans to sell several tons of gold placed as collateral by Venezuela’s central bank on a US$ 1.6 billion loan after the deadline for repurchasing them expired this month, sources said Reuters, a setback for President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to hold onto the country’s fast-shrinking reserves.

  • Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

    Venezuela preparing macroeconomic data to deliver to IMF

    The central bank of Venezuela is preparing to hand over crucial economic statistics to the IMF to meet a November 30 deadline or risk exclusion

    Venezuela which is sitting on one of the world’s largest crude oil reserves but which is suffering the worst loss of oil production in history outside of war-induced outages is getting ready to share macroeconomic data with the International Monetary Fund to avoid penalties including possible exclusion from the IMF.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 10:01 UTC

    IMF estimates 2016 Venezuela inflation at 720% and 8% economy contraction

    “A lack of hard currency has led to scarcity of intermediate goods and to widespread shortages of essential goods exacting a tragic toll,” Werner said.

    Venezuela’s consumer inflation, already the world’s highest, will more than double this year surging to 720% in 2016 from 275% last year, according to a note published by the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Director, Alejandro Werner.

  • Tuesday, January 19th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

    Bank of America anticipates strong devaluation for bankrupt Venezuela

    Maduro is expected to merge the three-tier currency controls into two, taking the dollar to a level of 35 bolivar. Black market greenbacks are traded at 865 bolivars

    Bank of America predicted president Nicolas Maduro would merge Venezuela’s three-tier currency controls into two, replacing the strongest rate of 6.3 bolivars to the dollar with a level of 35. Greenbacks go for around 865 bolivars on the black market.

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