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  "title": "Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, May 22, 2009",
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  "summary": "The spike in Slovenian inflation in 2007–08 has shown how structural bottlenecks may hamper Slovenian growth in the future. This Selected Issues paper investigates the role of supply factors and demand-side effects in explaining this surge.",
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      "heading": "Summary and core finding",
      "content": "- The spike in Slovenian inflation in 2007–08 was investigated to determine the role of supply factors and demand-side effects in explaining the surge.\n- The paper concludes that the spike in Slovenian inflation in 2007–08 was a consequence of cost-push and demand-pull factors.\n- Supply-side factors, including the spike in commodity prices, and demand-pull factors related to the business cycle, explained approximately two-thirds of the surge."
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      "heading": "Supply-side analysis (as described)",
      "content": "- Cost-push factors identified included a spike in commodity prices.\n- Supply-side contributors are presented as a primary component of the inflation surge alongside demand-side effects."
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      "heading": "Demand-side analysis (as described)",
      "content": "- Demand-pull factors related to the business cycle contributed significantly to the inflation surge.\n- Demand-side effects combined with supply-side factors account for approximately two-thirds of the overall increase in inflation."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, Inflation, Loans, Money, Prices\n- Keywords: bank, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, demand-pull, demand-pull factor, Foreign banks, fuel price, Global, HICP inflation, Inflation, inflation differential, inflation perception, ISCR, Loans, price, Slovenian bank\n\nSource: Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues — https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/republic-of-slovenia-selected-issues-22966\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 09/160; April 28, 2009\n  - Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 09/160; April 28, 2009 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 09/160; April 28, 2009 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: May 22, 2009",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451835816.002",
    "The spike in Slovenian inflation in 2007–08 was investigated to determine the role of supply factors and demand-side effects in explaining the surge.",
    "The paper concludes that the spike in Slovenian inflation in 2007–08 was a consequence of cost-push and demand-pull factors.",
    "Supply-side factors, including the spike in commodity prices, and demand-pull factors related to the business cycle, explained approximately two-thirds of the surge.",
    "Cost-push factors identified included a spike in commodity prices.",
    "Supply-side contributors are presented as a primary component of the inflation surge alongside demand-side effects.",
    "Demand-pull factors related to the business cycle contributed significantly to the inflation surge.",
    "Demand-side effects combined with supply-side factors account for approximately two-thirds of the overall increase in inflation.",
    "Subjects: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, Inflation, Loans, Money, Prices",
    "Keywords: bank, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, demand-pull, demand-pull factor, Foreign banks, fuel price, Global, HICP inflation, Inflation, inflation differential, inflation perception, ISCR, Loans, price, Slovenian bank",
    "**Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 09/160; April 28, 2009**"
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