Following a US military intervention and subsequent oversight, Venezuela's Central Bank has begun publishing economic indicators after a decade of secrecy. Newly revealed data shows high monthly inflation rates, with January at 32%, February at 14.6%, and March at 13.1%. The year-on-year inflation rate reached 649.5% by the end of the first quarter.

<p> <img alt="The year-on-year inflation stood at 649.5% at the end of the first quarter" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/109974/100x80/bcv.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> 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 culmi...