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  "title": "Top Links from the IMF - Global and Regional Economic Analysis for April",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, April 22, 2012",
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  "summary": "Publication: Spring Meetings",
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      "content": "- Publication: Spring Meetings\n- Date: April 22, 2012\n- Focus: Highlights from the IMF's latest global and regional assessments"
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      "heading": "Cross-sector highlights",
      "content": "- Policy-setting IMFC targets jobs and growth + quick video briefing\n- Global outlook--world growth projections; fiscal outlook; financial sector analysis\n- Chief economist Olivier Blanchard's assessment + José Viñals on what needs doing in the financial sector\n- Getting it just right -- fiscal adjustment: Making Goldilocks happy"
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    {
      "heading": "Regional outlooks and assessments",
      "content": "- Outlook for Asia\n- Regional forecast for Middle East and Central Asia\n- Europe -- video briefing and text transcript on Greece, Portugal, Ireland + European banks + WEO outlook by region\n- Africa -- African business climate; podcast on Chinese investment in Africa\n- Latin America -- need to rebuild buffers"
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      "heading": "Media and outreach",
      "content": "- IMF news on Google+\n- Video analysis -- leading economists on the IMF YouTube channel\n\nSource: Top Links from the IMF - Global and Regional Economic Analysis for April (April 22, 2012).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- C2\n  - C2 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - C2 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- jobs and growth\n- projections\n- outlook\n- analysis\n- assessment\n- financial sector\n- Making Goldilocks happy\n- Asia\n- Middle East\n- Central Asia\n- video\n- transcript\n- business climate\n- podcast\n- buffers\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2012/04/22/top-links-from-the-imf-global-and-regional-economic-analysis-for-april"
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    "Published: April 22, 2012",
    "Publication: Spring Meetings",
    "Date: April 22, 2012",
    "Focus: Highlights from the IMF's latest global and regional assessments",
    "Policy-setting IMFC targets jobs and growth + quick video briefing",
    "Global outlook--world growth projections; fiscal outlook; financial sector analysis",
    "Chief economist Olivier Blanchard's assessment + José Viñals on what needs doing in the financial sector",
    "Getting it just right -- fiscal adjustment: Making Goldilocks happy",
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    "Latin America -- need to rebuild buffers",
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    "Video analysis -- leading economists on the IMF YouTube channel",
    "**C2**",
    "[jobs and growth](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/NEW042112A.htm)",
    "[projections](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/RES041712A.htm)",
    "[outlook](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/POL041712A.htm)",
    "[analysis](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/NEW041812A.htm)",
    "[assessment](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/04/17/mediocre-growth-high-risks/)",
    "[financial sector](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/04/18/global-financial-stability-whats-still-to-be-done/)",
    "[Making Goldilocks happy](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/04/20/making-goldilocks-happy/)",
    "[Asia](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/CAR042112A.htm)",
    "[Middle East](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/CAR042012D.htm)",
    "[Central Asia](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/CAR042012B.htm)",
    "[video](http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=1573823712001)",
    "[transcript](http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2012/tr042112b.htm)",
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    "[podcast](http://www.imf.org/external/Podcast/2012/Sayeh.MP3)",
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