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  "title": "Australia: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, November 30, 2010",
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    "Published: November 30, 2010",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455212651.002",
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    "The review presents a set of recommendations designed to increase adherence to internationally accepted statistical practices.",
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    "Expand government finance statistics to include a breakdown of stocks and flows of financial assets and liabilities.",
    "Improve monetary statistics.",
    "Improve balance of payments statistics.",
    "Improve international investment position statistics.",
    "Subject: Consumer price indexes, Economic and financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Labor, Monetary statistics, National accounts, Price indexes, Prices",
    "Keywords: ABS, ABS website, Consumer price indexes, cost, CPI price collection, CPI recommendation, CPI weight, CR, Global, Government finance statistics, IMF manual, IMF mission, ISCR, Monetary statistics, use of flexibility option",
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