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  "title": "Bangladesh: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, June 8, 2017",
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  "summary": "This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights steady monetary policy management and fiscal discipline in Bangladesh, which have supported macroeconomic stability, allowing the economy to benefit from favorable external demand, high remittances, and low commodity prices.",
  "publishDate": "2017-06-08",
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      "heading": "Macroeconomic assessment and drivers of performance",
      "content": "- Steady monetary policy management and fiscal discipline have supported macroeconomic stability.\n- The economy benefited from:\n  - favorable external demand,\n  - high remittances,\n  - low commodity prices.\n- Outcomes reported:\n  - strong output growth,\n  - falling inflation,\n  - moderate public debt,\n  - a rebuilding of external resilience."
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      "heading": "Near-term projection",
      "content": "- In fiscal year 2017, output growth is expected to remain close to 7 percent."
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      "heading": "Medium-term prospects and requirements",
      "content": "- Maintaining output growth of about 7 percent a year over the medium term would require:\n  - increased public and private investment,\n  - reforms to support capital market development,\n  - improved investment efficiency."
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      "heading": "Key subjects and thematic focus",
      "content": "- Banking, Capital markets, Commercial banks, Credit, Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Monetary base, Money, Public debt\n\nBangladesh: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report\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/2017/06/08/bangladesh-2017-article-iv-consultation-press-release-staff-report-44975"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484303207.002",
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    "Outcomes reported:",
    "In fiscal year 2017, output growth is expected to remain close to 7 percent.",
    "Maintaining output growth of about 7 percent a year over the medium term would require:",
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