Monday, 30 July 2007

Venezuelan Bolivar Falls to Lowest in Five Months on Bond-Sale Speculation

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's currency fell to the
lowest in almost five months in unregulated trading on
speculation a government dollar-denominated bond sale to local
banks won't be large enough to meet demand for foreign currency.

Venezuela and Argentina plan to sell a dollar bond together
by the end of August, said Ricardo Sanguino, president of the
Venezuelan congressional finance commission, after markets closed
July 27, without revealing how much they would sell. Venezuela's
Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas said in May the countries
planned to sell up to $1 billion of dollar and bolivar bonds to
Venezuelan investors by the end of the year.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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