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  "title": "Belgium: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Supplementary Information",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 17, 2017",
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  "summary": "This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Belgium’s recovery, which is expected to strengthen modestly in 2017, with real GDP projected at 1.6 percent. The medium-term outlook remains constrained by structurally weak growth in advanced economies.",
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      "heading": "Recovery and Outlook",
      "content": "- Real GDP projected at 1.6 percent in 2017.\n- Medium-term outlook constrained by structurally weak growth in advanced economies.\n- Downside risks are significant, including global and regional uncertainties that could affect trade and financial markets."
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      "heading": "Risks and Fiscal Sustainability",
      "content": "- Fiscal sustainability described as tenuous and sensitive to potential shocks."
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      "heading": "Labor Market and Social Challenges",
      "content": "- Private employment has been recovering.\n- Entrenched high unemployment and inactivity persist among certain groups:\n  - the young\n  - those with few skills\n  - immigrants from outside the European Union\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Country Report\n  - Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2017/03/17/belgium-2017-article-iv-consultation-press-release-staff-report-supplementary-information-44748"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475587630.002",
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