address to military officers in Venezuela. October October 2 - Per a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as reported by Bloomberg, Venezuela’s annual inflation rate was predicted to surge to 1.37 million percent by the end of the year. The prediction is up from as estimate of 1 million percent in July, and more than 100 times greater than the IMF's January estimate of 13,000 percent. The report went on to estimate that gross domestic product would shrink 18% in 2018. References 2010s in Venezuela Years of the 21st century in Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela