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  "title": "Qatar: 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, January 29, 2009",
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  "summary": "Qatar’s macroeconomic performance was strong in 2008, notwithstanding the global financial crisis. This 2008 Article IV Consultation discusses that overall real GDP growth is estimated at 16 percent in 2008, driven by expansions in the production of oil, liquefied natural gas, and condensates.",
  "publishDate": "2009-01-29",
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      "content": "- Publication date: January 29, 2009\n- Format: IMF Staff Country Reports 2009, 028 (2009)\n- Pages: 48\n- Key subject areas: Balance of payments statistics, Banking, Commercial banks, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, Financial institutions, Inflation, Oil prices, Prices"
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      "heading": "Macroeconomic performance and growth",
      "content": "- Overall real GDP growth is estimated at 16 percent in 2008.\n- Growth was driven by expansions in the production of oil, liquefied natural gas, and condensates."
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      "heading": "Executive Directors' assessment and policy emphasis",
      "content": "- Executive Directors welcomed the authorities’ intention to moderate fiscal expansion over the medium term.\n- They supported broadening the non-oil revenue base over the medium term.\n- Emphasis supported on:\n  - Building capacity in infrastructure.\n  - Easing supply bottlenecks.\n  - Containing government current expenditure to reduce inflation."
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    "Published: January 29, 2009",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451832648.002",
    "Publication date: January 29, 2009",
    "Format: IMF Staff Country Reports 2009, 028 (2009)",
    "Pages: 48",
    "Key subject areas: Balance of payments statistics, Banking, Commercial banks, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, Financial institutions, Inflation, Oil prices, Prices",
    "Overall real GDP growth is estimated at 16 percent in 2008.",
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