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  "title": "Hungary: Request for Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion",
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    "Authors: Arrangement-Staff Report",
    "Published: November 17, 2008",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451818116.002",
    "Document type: IMF Staff Country Report for the Request for Stand-By Arrangement of Hungary.",
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