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  "title": "Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba: Recent Economic Developments",
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  "summary": "This Background Paper describes economic and financial developments in Aruba during 1997–98. The paper highlights that in the mid-1990s, the boom in the hotel sector came to an end, and the economy started to grow at a more sustainable pace.",
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      "content": "- Background Paper describing economic and financial developments in Aruba during 1997–98.\n- Highlights that in the mid-1990s, the boom in the hotel sector came to an end, and the economy started to grow at a more sustainable pace.\n- Reviews real economic activity, employment, and domestic price movements.\n- Covers public finances and fiscal policy, including the budget for 1999.\n- Addresses monetary and exchange policy and developments.\n- Presents an analysis of recent trends in the external current and capital accounts."
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      "heading": "Real economy, labor, and prices",
      "content": "- Assessment of real economic activity during 1997–98.\n- Review of employment trends for the period.\n- Examination of domestic price movements."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Public finances and fiscal policy",
      "content": "- Coverage of public finances during the review period.\n- Discussion of fiscal policy measures and the budget for 1999."
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      "heading": "Monetary and exchange rate policy",
      "content": "- Description of monetary policy developments.\n- Analysis of exchange policy and related developments."
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      "heading": "External accounts",
      "content": "- Analysis of recent trends in the external current account.\n- Analysis of recent trends in the external capital account."
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      "content": "- Pages: 65\n- Volume: 1999\n- Issue: 051\n- Series: Country Report No. 1999/051\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800050.002\n- Stock No: 1ABWEA0021999\n- ISBN: 9781451800050\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n- Publication date: July 1, 1999\n- Subjects: Banking, Commercial banks, Customs unions, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Insurance, Labor, Pension spending, Pensions\n- Keywords: Aruba, balance of payments, banking system, broad money, Caribbean, central bank, Commercial banks, company, coverage ratio, CR, foreign exchange, Insurance, ISCR, monetary policy, net, Pension spending, Pensions, private sector, trade balance, U.S. dollar\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba: Recent Economic Developments\", IMF Staff Country Reports 1999, 051 (1999).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba: Recent Economic Developments/ ISCR/99/51\n  - Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba: Recent Economic Developments/ ISCR/99/51 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba: Recent Economic Developments/ ISCR/99/51 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800050.002",
    "Background Paper describing economic and financial developments in Aruba during 1997–98.",
    "Highlights that in the mid-1990s, the boom in the hotel sector came to an end, and the economy started to grow at a more sustainable pace.",
    "Reviews real economic activity, employment, and domestic price movements.",
    "Covers public finances and fiscal policy, including the budget for 1999.",
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    "Presents an analysis of recent trends in the external current and capital accounts.",
    "Assessment of real economic activity during 1997–98.",
    "Review of employment trends for the period.",
    "Examination of domestic price movements.",
    "Coverage of public finances during the review period.",
    "Discussion of fiscal policy measures and the budget for 1999.",
    "Description of monetary policy developments.",
    "Analysis of exchange policy and related developments.",
    "Analysis of recent trends in the external current account.",
    "Analysis of recent trends in the external capital account.",
    "Pages: 65",
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800050.002",
    "Stock No: 1ABWEA0021999",
    "ISBN: 9781451800050",
    "ISSN: 1934-7685",
    "Publication date: July 1, 1999",
    "Subjects: Banking, Commercial banks, Customs unions, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Insurance, Labor, Pension spending, Pensions",
    "Keywords: Aruba, balance of payments, banking system, broad money, Caribbean, central bank, Commercial banks, company, coverage ratio, CR, foreign exchange, Insurance, ISCR, monetary policy, net, Pension spending, Pensions, private sector, trade balance, U.S. dollar",
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