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  "title": "Bolivia: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Authorities of Bolivia",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, December 22, 2017",
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  "summary": "This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Bolivia’s real GDP is expected to grow by 4 percent in 2017, relatively strong by regional standards.",
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      "heading": "Growth outlook and projections",
      "content": "- Bolivia’s real GDP is expected to grow by 4 percent in 2017, relatively strong by regional standards.\n- Growth is forecast to moderate gradually to 3.7 percent in the medium term due to weak private investment and the end of the commodity boom."
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    {
      "heading": "Drivers of activity",
      "content": "- Accommodative fiscal policy is supporting activity.\n- Strong credit growth is supporting activity.\n- Robust private consumption is supporting activity."
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    {
      "heading": "Fiscal and external balances",
      "content": "- The fiscal deficit is likely to persist in the medium term.\n- The external current account deficit is likely to persist in the medium term."
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    {
      "heading": "Risks to the outlook",
      "content": "- Failure to discover new natural gas fields.\n- Further dollar strength.\n- Lower-than-expected gas and minerals prices.\n\nBolivia: 2017 Article IV Consultation; Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Authorities of Bolivia, December 22, 2017.\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\"}"
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    "Published: December 22, 2017",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484334683.002",
    "Bolivia’s real GDP is expected to grow by 4 percent in 2017, relatively strong by regional standards.",
    "Growth is forecast to moderate gradually to 3.7 percent in the medium term due to weak private investment and the end of the commodity boom.",
    "Accommodative fiscal policy is supporting activity.",
    "Strong credit growth is supporting activity.",
    "Robust private consumption is supporting activity.",
    "The fiscal deficit is likely to persist in the medium term.",
    "The external current account deficit is likely to persist in the medium term.",
    "Failure to discover new natural gas fields.",
    "Further dollar strength.",
    "Lower-than-expected gas and minerals prices.",
    "**Country Report**"
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