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  "title": "Australia: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, September 12, 2005",
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  "summary": "This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Australia has implemented wide-ranging structural reforms and strengthened the frameworks for monetary and fiscal policies over the past two decades.",
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      "heading": "Executive summary and outlook",
      "content": "- Australia has implemented wide-ranging structural reforms and strengthened the frameworks for monetary and fiscal policies over the past two decades.\n- Australia’s economic expansion is now in its 14th year.\n- Growth averaged 3¾ percent, driven by a combination of strong job creation and high productivity growth.\n- Growth is expected to rise from 2¼ percent in 2005 to about 3½ percent in the medium term, conditional on continued strong productivity growth."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Structural reforms and stronger monetary and fiscal frameworks underpin the sustained expansion.\n- Labor market developments and productivity gains are central contributors to average growth of 3¾ percent.\n- The medium-term projection of about 3½ percent growth hinges on maintaining strong productivity growth."
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      "content": "- Continue policies that support productivity growth to achieve the projected rise from 2¼ percent in 2005 to about 3½ percent in the medium term.\n- Maintain robust monetary and fiscal frameworks built over the past two decades to preserve macroeconomic stability alongside reform efforts.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr05331\n  - cr05331 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr05331 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: September 12, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802085.002",
    "Australia has implemented wide-ranging structural reforms and strengthened the frameworks for monetary and fiscal policies over the past two decades.",
    "Australia’s economic expansion is now in its 14th year.",
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    "Structural reforms and stronger monetary and fiscal frameworks underpin the sustained expansion.",
    "The medium-term projection of about 3½ percent growth hinges on maintaining strong productivity growth.",
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