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  "title": "Zimbabwe: 2014 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zimbabwe",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 11, 2014",
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  "summary": "This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic rebound in Zimbabwe experienced since the end of hyperinflation in 2009 has now ended. After averaging 10 percent over 2009–2012, growth fell to an estimated 3.",
  "publishDate": "2014-07-11",
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      "heading": "Summary findings",
      "content": "- The economic rebound in Zimbabwe experienced since the end of hyperinflation in 2009 has now ended.\n- After averaging 10 percent over 2009–2012, growth fell to an estimated 3.3 percent in 2013.\n- Contributing factors to the slowdown in 2013 included:\n  - tight liquidity conditions\n  - election-year uncertainty\n  - weak demand for key exports\n  - competitiveness pressures\n  - the impact of adverse weather conditions\n- Inflation continued its downward trend from 2.9 percent (year over year) at end-2012 to ?0.3 percent in April 2014."
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    {
      "heading": "Medium-term outlook",
      "content": "- Under the baseline scenario, growth is projected to average some 4 percent as large mining sector investments reach full capacity."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Arrears, Banking, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt\n- Keywords: Africa, Arrears, Asia and Pacific, authorities' announcement, authority, CR, debt, debt reconciliation exercise, debt stock, expenditure measure, External sector statistics, GDP, ISCR, liquidity condition, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean authorities\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. African Dept. \"Zimbabwe: 2014 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zimbabwe\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2014, 202 (2014).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr14202 - Executive Summary\n  - cr14202 - Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr14202 - Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/zimbabwe-2014-article-iv-consultation-staff-report-press-release-and-statement-by-the-41745"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498383028.002",
    "The economic rebound in Zimbabwe experienced since the end of hyperinflation in 2009 has now ended.",
    "After averaging 10 percent over 2009–2012, growth fell to an estimated 3.3 percent in 2013.",
    "Contributing factors to the slowdown in 2013 included:",
    "Inflation continued its downward trend from 2.9 percent (year over year) at end-2012 to ?0.3 percent in April 2014.",
    "Under the baseline scenario, growth is projected to average some 4 percent as large mining sector investments reach full capacity.",
    "Subjects: Arrears, Banking, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt",
    "Keywords: Africa, Arrears, Asia and Pacific, authorities' announcement, authority, CR, debt, debt reconciliation exercise, debt stock, expenditure measure, External sector statistics, GDP, ISCR, liquidity condition, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean authorities",
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