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  "title": "The Bahamas: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation",
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  "summary": "This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights economic developments and policies in The Bahamas. The paper focuses on policies to secure fiscal, external, and the financial sector stability, and strengthen medium-term growth.",
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      "heading": "Executive summary and outlook",
      "content": "- Focus: economic developments and policies in The Bahamas, emphasizing policies to secure fiscal, external, and financial sector stability, and to strengthen medium-term growth.\n- Key assessment: authorities need to implement comprehensive policies to restrict the central government deficit and reduce debt to comfortable levels.\n- Growth outlook:\n  - Economic activity in The Bahamas is expected to pick up more strongly from 2014 onward as the U.S. recovery accelerates and The Bahamas starts operations.\n  - Investment is projected to remain strong in the near future."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and stability measures",
      "content": "- Fiscal policy:\n  - Implement comprehensive policies to restrict the central government deficit.\n  - Reduce debt to comfortable levels.\n- Financial sector and external stability:\n  - Adopt policies aimed at securing financial sector stability.\n  - Take measures to secure external stability in line with the overall macroeconomic strategy."
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      "content": "- Subject: Economic sectors, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Public debt, Public sector, Taxes, Tourism, Value-added tax\n- Keywords: Bahamas, Caribbean, central government debt, consumer price index, CR, exchange rate, executive board assessment, export-import price indices, financial asset, Fiscal consolidation, GDP, Global, ISCR, Public sector, real gross domestic product, staff appraisal, Tourism, tourism services export, U.S. dollar, Value-added tax"
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    "Focus: economic developments and policies in The Bahamas, emphasizing policies to secure fiscal, external, and financial sector stability, and to strengthen medium-term growth.",
    "Key assessment: authorities need to implement comprehensive policies to restrict the central government deficit and reduce debt to comfortable levels.",
    "Growth outlook:",
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    "Financial sector and external stability:",
    "Subject: Economic sectors, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Public debt, Public sector, Taxes, Tourism, Value-added tax",
    "Keywords: Bahamas, Caribbean, central government debt, consumer price index, CR, exchange rate, executive board assessment, export-import price indices, financial asset, Fiscal consolidation, GDP, Global, ISCR, Public sector, real gross domestic product, staff appraisal, Tourism, tourism services export, U.S. dollar, Value-added tax",
    "Publication date: March 7, 2014",
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    "Pages: 57",
    "Stock No: 1BHSEA2014002",
    "ISBN: 9781475514797",
    "ISSN: 1934-7685",
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