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  "title": "Malta: 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, September 7, 2007",
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  "summary": "This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Malta’s economic recovery is gaining traction, owing in large part to cyclical strength and some structural change. A public investment boom, financed largely by grants from the European Union, reignited growth in 2005.",
  "publishDate": "2007-09-07",
  "series": "IMF Staff Country Reports",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication date: September 7, 2007\n- Series: Country Report No. 2007/305\n- Pages: 39\n- Volume: 2007\n- Issue: 305\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826630.002\n- Stock No: 1MLTEA2007001\n- ISBN: 9781451826630\n- ISSN: 1934-7685"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Macroeconomic developments and drivers of the recovery",
      "content": "- Malta’s economic recovery is gaining traction, owing in large part to cyclical strength and some structural change.\n- A public investment boom, financed largely by grants from the European Union, reignited growth in 2005.\n- A modest recovery in exports and robust consumption growth, supported by rising employment and household borrowing, helped sustain the upswing in 2006."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Financial sector performance and risks",
      "content": "- Financial stability has continued to improve.\n- The concentration of loan portfolios in real estate has continued to rise.\n- Nonperforming loans declined further, but levels remain high and provisioning uneven."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Subject areas and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Banking, Credit, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Loans, Money, Nonperforming loans, Public debt\n- Keywords: CR, Credit, deficit, General data dissemination system, Global, headline inflation, IMF executive board Condludes, ISCR, Loans, Maltese lira, Nonperforming loans, NSO web site, producer price index\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Malta: 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2007, 305 (2007).\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/malta-2007-article-iv-consultation-staff-report-and-public-information-notice-on-the-21307"
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    "Published: September 7, 2007",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826630.002",
    "Publication date: September 7, 2007",
    "Series: Country Report No. 2007/305",
    "Pages: 39",
    "Volume: 2007",
    "Issue: 305",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826630.002",
    "Stock No: 1MLTEA2007001",
    "ISBN: 9781451826630",
    "ISSN: 1934-7685",
    "Malta’s economic recovery is gaining traction, owing in large part to cyclical strength and some structural change.",
    "A public investment boom, financed largely by grants from the European Union, reignited growth in 2005.",
    "A modest recovery in exports and robust consumption growth, supported by rising employment and household borrowing, helped sustain the upswing in 2006.",
    "Financial stability has continued to improve.",
    "The concentration of loan portfolios in real estate has continued to rise.",
    "Nonperforming loans declined further, but levels remain high and provisioning uneven.",
    "Subject: Banking, Credit, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Loans, Money, Nonperforming loans, Public debt",
    "Keywords: CR, Credit, deficit, General data dissemination system, Global, headline inflation, IMF executive board Condludes, ISCR, Loans, Maltese lira, Nonperforming loans, NSO web site, producer price index"
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