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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper explores the medium-term determinants of the current account balance in Papua New Guinea. It provides an assessment of the exchange rate, and presents some background on recent exchange rate developments.",
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      "content": "- Balance of payments\n- Banking\n- Current account\n- Current account balance\n- Economic sectors\n- Exchange rates\n- Financial sector\n- Foreign exchange\n- Real effective exchange rates"
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    "Empirical approach: two dynamic panel regression models.",
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