TITLE: Surprise: Socialist Hotbed Of Venezuela Has Lost Half It’s Economy
SENTENCE 1: He added that inflation is skyrocketing this year because of “the loss of confidence in the nation’s currency.”  This year will mark the third consecutive year of double-digit contractions in Venezuela’s gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity.
SENTENCE 2: The nation’s GDP declined 16% in 2016, 14% last year and it’s projected to fall 15% this year, according to the IMF.
SENTENCE 3: Unemployment will reach 30% and prices on all types of goods in the country will rise 13,000% this year, according to new figures published Thursday by the International Monetary Fund.

Bias label: slightly
Annotator rationales:
If you attribute inflation solely to 'loss of confidence in the nation’s currency,' then you risk oversimplifying the complex causes of Venezuela’s economic crisis, such as sanctions, mismanagement, and external pressures.