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  "title": "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) Agree to Enhance Cooperation",
  "publication": "IMF News, October 11, 2017",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 17/395",
  "publishDate": "2017-10-11",
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      "heading": "Key facts",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 17/395\n- Date: October 11, 2017\n- Signed in Washington, D.C. by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Dr. Junhong Chang, Director of the AMRO.\n- IMF Communications Department contact:\n  - MEDIA RELATIONS\n  - PRESS OFFICER: Ting Yan\n  - Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n  - Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Author credit listed: Isabel Schnabel"
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    {
      "heading": "Agreement purpose and objectives",
      "content": "- Promote common goals of regional and global financial stability.\n- Advance cooperation and leverage each other’s expertise between the IMF and the AMRO."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Planned areas of cooperation (as specified in the MOU)",
      "content": "- Exchange views related to macroeconomic surveillance.\n- Provide training for staff.\n- Deliver other capacity building.\n- Conduct joint research projects and seminars."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Notable statement",
      "content": "- Christine Lagarde: “Cooperation and information exchange is the lynchpin of effective global and regional economic analysis. This agreement with AMRO will help the IMF deepen its ongoing work in the ASEAN+3, and I look forward to an even more fruitful and productive relationship through the cooperation agreement we signed today.”\n\nPress Release No. 17/395 — The International Monetary Fund, October 11, 2017\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2017/10/11/pr17395-imf-and-the-amro-agree-to-enhance-cooperation"
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    "Press Release No. 17/395",
    "Date: October 11, 2017",
    "Signed in Washington, D.C. by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Dr. Junhong Chang, Director of the AMRO.",
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    "Author credit listed: Isabel Schnabel",
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    "Christine Lagarde: “Cooperation and information exchange is the lynchpin of effective global and regional economic analysis. This agreement with AMRO will help the IMF deepen its ongoing work in the ASEAN+3, and I look forward to an even more fruitful and productive relationship through the cooperation agreement we signed today.”",
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