Those higher interest rates paid by countries with large external deficits were supposed to compensate investors for the risk of currency depreciation. 這些對外經常項目大額赤字的國家用本幣支付較高利率來補償投資者的通貨貶值的風險。
Within hours of a presidential decree on January 8th devaluing the currency by up to 50%, long queues formed outside household-appliance shops in Caracas, the capital. 一月八日，總統頒布命令后的數小時內，通貨貶值高達五成，首都加拉卡斯雜貨店外的排隊人龍綿延上百公尺。
