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: highly
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