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  "title": "Press Release: Joint Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and the Egyptian Authorities",
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      "heading": "Meeting participants",
      "content": "- Christine Lagarde — IMF Managing Director\n- Hisham Ramez — Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt\n- Al-Mursi Hegazy — Finance Minister\n- Ashraf Al-Araby — Minister of Planning and International Cooperation"
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      "content": "- The authorities and IMF staff \"have made further progress in their discussions in Washington this weekend.\"\n- The authorities \"are firmly committed to addressing Egypt’s economic and financial challenges with the objective of restoring sustained and socially-balanced growth.\"\n- The authorities \"are already taking encouraging actions in this direction.\"\n- \"Work will continue with the objective of reaching agreement on an IMF Stand-By Arrangement to support the authorities’ national economic program in the coming weeks.\"\n\nhttps://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr13137\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Pr13137apdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr13137"
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