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  "title": "Czech Republic: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, August 17, 2004",
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      "heading": "Economic growth and demand",
      "content": "- GDP expanded by 3.1 percent in 2003 and the first quarter of 2004.\n- Expansion was mainly supported by household consumption."
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      "content": "- Investment was strong in 2003, driven by spending on public infrastructure.\n- Investment swelled in early 2004 owing to one-off influences associated with European Union accession."
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      "heading": "Fiscal position",
      "content": "- The fiscal deficit continued to drift upward in 2003.\n- The general government deficit widened relative to GDP by about 1 percentage point to nearly 5 percent of GDP in 2003.\n\nSource: Czech Republic: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation (IMF Staff Country Reports 2004, Issue 266).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr04266\n  - cr04266 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr04266 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: August 17, 2004",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451810219.002",
    "GDP expanded by 3.1 percent in 2003 and the first quarter of 2004.",
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