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  "title": "Mauritius: 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mauritius",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, February 12, 2010",
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  "summary": "Mauritius’ 2009 Article IV Consultation discusses economic developments and policies. Output growth has been slowed from 4.2 percent per year in 2008 to less than 2 percent in 2009, as key drivers of growth have been contracted.",
  "publishDate": "2010-02-12",
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      "content": "- Output growth slowed from \"4.2 percent per year in 2008\" to \"less than 2 percent in 2009\".\n- Growth drivers contracted, weakening domestic expansion.\n- Growth prospects depend heavily on the global economy, especially the EU.\n- Inflation has fallen to the \"low single digits\" due to lower global food and commodity prices and the domestic economic slowdown.\n- The current account deficit narrowed as lower imports more than offset the contraction of external demand."
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      "content": "- GDP growth: \"4.2 percent per year in 2008\" - \"less than 2 percent in 2009\".\n- Inflation: \"fallen to the low single digits\".\n- Current account: deficit narrowed driven by import compression exceeding external demand contraction.\n- External dependence: significant exposure to developments in the EU and the global economy."
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827897.002",
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