Monday, April 9, 2018

What Amazon's HQ Search Tells Us About Venezuelan 'Dollarization,


Which brings us to recent commentary that Venezuela could copy Ecuador, and dollarize.  If so, great.  By all accounts the value of the Venezuelan bolivar has declined substantially, so the adoption of the dollar would be a signal that Venezuelan officials are at least somewhat connected to reality. That’s the case because it’s already likely true that the bolivar has disappeared as a unit of account in Venezuela.  The latter is a statement of the obvious. Who would want to transact in something that is defined by rapidly declining value? Better yet, who would want to be paid in such a currency?  More…

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