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  "title": "Paraguay: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, February 20, 2015",
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  "summary": "This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity in Paraguay has slowed from record-high growth in 2013, but remains buoyant.",
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      "content": "- Economic activity in Paraguay has slowed from record-high growth in 2013, but remains buoyant.\n- Construction, manufacturing, and services led the expansion in 2014.\n- Electricity production declined in 2014.\n- Re-exports suffered from weak growth in Brazil.\n- Full-year growth is estimated to have slightly exceeded 4 percent."
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      "content": "- Real GDP is projected to remain close to 4 percent in 2015.\n- The outlook is clouded by weak trading partner growth and lower export prices.\n- Agricultural production is projected to rise only marginally above the high level of 2014."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Bank deposits; Banking; Credit; Exchange rates; Money; National accounts; PFM legal and regulatory frameworks; Public debt; Public financial management (PFM); Revenue administration\n- Keywords: banking system; central bank; central bank of Paraguay; CR; Credit; exchange rate; excl. central bank bank bill; executive board assessment; Global; government foreign-currency receipt; IADB Paraguay; ISCR; PFM legal and regulatory frameworks; South America\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr1537\n  - cr1537 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr1537 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Cr1537s\n  - Cr1537s (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Cr1537s (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/paraguay-staff-report-for-the-2014-article-iv-consultation-42707"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484378472.002",
    "Economic activity in Paraguay has slowed from record-high growth in 2013, but remains buoyant.",
    "Construction, manufacturing, and services led the expansion in 2014.",
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    "Subjects: Bank deposits; Banking; Credit; Exchange rates; Money; National accounts; PFM legal and regulatory frameworks; Public debt; Public financial management (PFM); Revenue administration",
    "Keywords: banking system; central bank; central bank of Paraguay; CR; Credit; exchange rate; excl. central bank bank bill; executive board assessment; Global; government foreign-currency receipt; IADB Paraguay; ISCR; PFM legal and regulatory frameworks; South America",
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