Diran Sarkissian

VENEZUELA: Debt yields drop

Miami Herald
November 16, 2005

BY ALEX KENNEDY, Bloomberg News

CARACAS - Venezuelan debt yields fell in an auction Tuesday, making it cheaper for the government to fund a surge in spending.

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With inflation at 16 percent, an 8 percent yield is already low, Diran Sarkissian, president of Stanford Bank in Venezuela, said in an interview. ``But we're looking at more government spending next year and more liquidity so rates still probably have some room to fall.

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