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  "title": "IMF Staff Completes Visit to Moldova",
  "publication": "IMF News, October 9, 2019",
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  "summary": "Mission leader: Ruben Atoyan.",
  "publishDate": "2019-10-09",
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      "heading": "Mission overview",
      "content": "- Mission leader: Ruben Atoyan.\n- Location and dates: Chişinău during October 2–8, 2019.\n- Publication date: October 9, 2019.\n- Nature of statement: End-of-Mission press release conveying preliminary findings of IMF staff; views are those of IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board.\n- Outcome: Mission will not result in a Board discussion."
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      "heading": "Key findings and discussions",
      "content": "- The IMF staff team \"commend the authorities for taking decisive actions to bring the IMF-supported program back on track and advancing reforms.\"\n- Constructive discussions were held on:\n  - Recent economic developments.\n  - Policies to maintain macroeconomic and fiscal stability.\n  - Policy priorities and financing for the 2020 budget.\n- Continued work: \"Discussions on measures and reforms to support the fiscal policy package for 2020 will continue in the period ahead, including during the upcoming IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C.\""
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      "heading": "Program background and financing",
      "content": "- The IMF-supported program referenced: \"The three-year arrangements under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility, in a total amount of about US$178.7 million, were approved on November 7, 2016.\"\n- Program aim: \"It aims to support Moldova’s economic and financial reform program.\""
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      "heading": "Press and media contact",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS.\n- Press officer: Gediminas Vilkas.\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Social: @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: IMF press release \"IMF Staff Completes Visit to Moldova\", October 9, 2019.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Republic of Moldova 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/2019/10/08/pr19367-moldova-imf-staff-completes-visit-to-moldova"
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    "Published: October 9, 2019",
    "Mission leader: Ruben Atoyan.",
    "Location and dates: Chişinău during October 2–8, 2019.",
    "Publication date: October 9, 2019.",
    "Nature of statement: End-of-Mission press release conveying preliminary findings of IMF staff; views are those of IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board.",
    "Outcome: Mission will not result in a Board discussion.",
    "The IMF staff team \"commend the authorities for taking decisive actions to bring the IMF-supported program back on track and advancing reforms.\"",
    "Constructive discussions were held on:",
    "Continued work: \"Discussions on measures and reforms to support the fiscal policy package for 2020 will continue in the period ahead, including during the upcoming IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C.\"",
    "The IMF-supported program referenced: \"The three-year arrangements under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility, in a total amount of about US$178.7 million, were approved on November 7, 2016.\"",
    "Program aim: \"It aims to support Moldova’s economic and financial reform program.\"",
    "IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS.",
    "Press officer: Gediminas Vilkas.",
    "Phone: +1 202 623-7100",
    "Email: MEDIA@IMF.org",
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