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  "title": "Norway: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, June 14, 2005",
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  "summary": "This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Norway’s real mainland GDP growth rebounded strongly in 2004, after a slowdown that began in late 2002.",
  "publishDate": "2005-06-14",
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      "content": "- Norway’s real mainland GDP growth rebounded strongly in 2004, after a slowdown that began in late 2002.\n- Very supportive monetary conditions, high oil prices, rising housing prices, strengthening consumer and business confidence, and an improved world economy contributed to the pickup in activity.\n- The outlook for 2005 and 2006 is promising, with most of the factors that propelled the economy forward last year expected to continue into the near future."
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      "heading": "Contributing factors to the 2004 rebound",
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      "content": "- Subjects: Budget planning and preparation, Commodities, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Oil, Oil prices, Prices, Public financial management (PFM)\n- Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, core inflation, CR, deficit, Fiscal stance, Global, inflation targeting framework, ISCR, mainland GDP growth, Norway, Oil, Oil prices, oil revenue, staff appraisal\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr05196\n  - cr05196 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr05196 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/norway-staff-report-for-the-2005-article-iv-consultation-18319"
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    "Published: June 14, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451829761.002",
    "Norway’s real mainland GDP growth rebounded strongly in 2004, after a slowdown that began in late 2002.",
    "Very supportive monetary conditions, high oil prices, rising housing prices, strengthening consumer and business confidence, and an improved world economy contributed to the pickup in activity.",
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