Crisis-hit Venezuela halts publication of another major indicator

A man walks past big samples of Venezuelan bank notes at the Central Bank headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela February 14, 2017. Picture taken February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has stopped publishing money supply data, depriving the public of the best available tool to ascertain soaring inflation in one of the world's worst-performing economies.

The country quit issuing inflation data more than a year ago, but annual consumer price rises are widely seen to be in triple digits, driven by an unravelling socialist system in which many people struggle to obtain meals and medicines.