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  "title": "Finland: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, August 31, 2012",
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  "summary": "The paper is an account of Finland’s unexpected upcoming deceleration in the economy at the end of 2011 and later. The deleveraging of the financial sector and the debt crisis made the nation fear an inevitable recession.",
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      "content": "- The paper documents Finland’s unexpected upcoming deceleration in the economy at the end of 2011 and later.\n- The deleveraging of the financial sector and the debt crisis created fears of an inevitable recession.\n- Policy attention emphasized both short-term growth support and addressing long-term structural challenges.\n- Banks were encouraged to build up capitals and toughen bank decrees.\n- Plans were set out to multiply labor power and productivity.\n- The Board welcomed the commitment of the state in improving and safeguarding the financial sector."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and institutional responses",
      "content": "- Strengthen bank capital positions.\n- Tighten regulatory/decree frameworks for banks.\n- Pursue measures to increase labor supply and enhance productivity.\n- Balance short-term growth support with reforms addressing long-term fiscal and demographic pressures."
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      "content": "- Subject: Aging, Banking, Expenditure, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Loans, Population and demographics, Public debt\n- Keywords: Aging, Asia and Pacific, Baltics, consumer confidence, CR, current account statistics, deficit, Europe, FIN-FSA in cooperation, Finland, fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Global, ISCR, Loans, revision, staff appraisal\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr12253\n  - cr12253 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr12253 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: August 31, 2012",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475506006.002",
    "The paper documents Finland’s unexpected upcoming deceleration in the economy at the end of 2011 and later.",
    "The deleveraging of the financial sector and the debt crisis created fears of an inevitable recession.",
    "Policy attention emphasized both short-term growth support and addressing long-term structural challenges.",
    "Banks were encouraged to build up capitals and toughen bank decrees.",
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    "The Board welcomed the commitment of the state in improving and safeguarding the financial sector.",
    "Strengthen bank capital positions.",
    "Tighten regulatory/decree frameworks for banks.",
    "Pursue measures to increase labor supply and enhance productivity.",
    "Balance short-term growth support with reforms addressing long-term fiscal and demographic pressures.",
    "Subject: Aging, Banking, Expenditure, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Loans, Population and demographics, Public debt",
    "Keywords: Aging, Asia and Pacific, Baltics, consumer confidence, CR, current account statistics, deficit, Europe, FIN-FSA in cooperation, Finland, fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Global, ISCR, Loans, revision, staff appraisal",
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