## Uruguay: First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uruguay

_IMF Staff Country Reports, December 12, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Arrangement, Request
- Published: December 12, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451839326.002

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### Key macroeconomic assessment
- Growth has slowed from the strong post-crisis recovery.
- Inflation has remained subdued.
- Export growth has been strong.
- A sharp recovery in imports contributed to an increase in the external current account deficit.
- Capital inflows have helped raise international reserves.

### Policy stance and reform agenda
- The government is developing a broad agenda of growth-enhancing reforms.
- The reform agenda is focused on attracting more private investment as the key engine of future growth and social progress in Uruguay.

### Publication metadata and classification
- Publication date: December 12, 2005
- Pages: 76
- Volume: 2005
- Issue: 431
- Series: Country Report No. 2005/431
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451839326.002
- Stock No: 1URYEA2005005
- ISBN: 9781451839326
- ISSN: 1934-7685

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Central banks, Economic sectors, External debt, International reserves, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Public sector
- Keywords: authorities' goal, Budget planning and preparation, CR, Europe, government, government regulation, IMF staff representative, International reserves, ISCR, nonfinancial public sector debt, Public sector, staff appraisal, surplus, Uruguayan authorities

*IMF Staff Country Report No. 2005/431 (December 12, 2005).*

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