Venezuelan inflation at 14.6% in February, central bank says

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March 6 : Venezuelan inflation was 14.6 per cent in February, down from 32.6 per cent registered the prior month, its central bank reported on Friday.

Adding February's data, annualized inflation stood at 617.9 per cent, according to Reuters calculations based on central bank figures.

Inflation in the Andean country was 51.9 per cent in the first two months of 2026, according to data from the Venezuelan monetary institution which had not released inflation numbers since October 2024.

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