Venezuela CDS is surging once again this morning, even as oil prices stabilize on the day, to its highest since January 2009 as traders increase hedges or speculation that the nation will be forced to default on its bonds. Current prices imply around an 85% chance of default (likely not helped by President Maduro's insistence that all is well and that he will try to destrout the black market for dollars that implies a massive devaluation is afoot for the Bolivar)
Highest default risk since Jan 2009...
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And it appears since 2008, Venezuela has become entirely dependent on the ticks in oil prices...
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Charts: Bloomberg
