Wall Street Has No Idea How Much Money Venezuela Has
The dwindling supply of U.S. currency has left supermarket shelves across the country practically bare, with shortages of everything from basic medicine to toothpaste to meat.
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Bond investors suspect the Venezuelan government is pretty low on cash. Just how low, though, is a tricky question.
After all, this is a country that has stopped releasing even the most basic economic data -- things like inflation and government spending -- on a timely basis.