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  "title": "Australia: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 21, 2001",
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    "Published: March 21, 2001",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451801972.002",
    "In 2000, Australia entered the tenth year of an impressive economic expansion characterized by strong productivity growth and low inflation.",
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    "Subject: Fiscal policy, Income, Inflation, Labor, National accounts, Personal income, Prices, Production, Productivity",
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