that inflation will hit one million three hundred and seventy thousand percent next year as the venezuelan bolli far as become a worthless currency more stores are springing up where products are priced only in u.s. dollars. at a luxury hotel in venezuela's capital a small store which accept us dollars it's amply stocked shelves offer goods ranging from fine wines to imported baby formula in stark contrast to the nation's barren supermarkets in a country where the local currency is practically worthless before it even leaves the bank prices only remain steady in stores which take foreign currency. this is what you call a de facto dollarization process where a society abandons its own currency and adopts another one as a substitute this could be a defacto dollarization applied to the entire economy which is going to oblige the venezuelan government to adapt to what the society has already decided in a spontaneous manner. the clientele of these dollar stores or body gone is primarily well heeled venezuelans like doctors and lawyers who themselves only accept payment in u.s. dollars. but prices are