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  "title": "Slovak Republic: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for the Slovak Republic",
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  "summary": "The Slovak economy is enjoying consecutive years of favorable performance marked by robust real per capita GDP growth, record-low unemployment and sustained improvement in fiscal balances.",
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      "heading": "Economic performance",
      "content": "- The Slovak economy is enjoying consecutive years of favorable performance marked by robust real per capita GDP growth, record-low unemployment and sustained improvement in fiscal balances.\n- Publication details:\n  - Pages: 49\n  - Volume: 2018\n  - Issue: 241\n  - Series: Country Report No. 2018/241\n  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484370896.002\n  - Stock No: 1SVKEA2018001\n  - ISBN: 9781484370896\n  - ISSN: 1934-7685"
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      "content": "- Shortages of skilled labor, and gaps in education and institutional quality pose risks to an already declining productivity growth."
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      "content": "- Subject: Credit, Education, Labor, Labor markets, Labor shortages, Money, Wages\n- Keywords: banking sector, CR, Credit, EU membership, Europe, Global, government, holding, hospital personnel, IMF staff projection, ISCR, Labor markets, Labor shortages, liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, prudent policy, Slovakia, tax administration authority, value chain, Wages\n\nSlovak Republic: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for the Slovak Republic\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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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484370896.002",
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    "Subject: Credit, Education, Labor, Labor markets, Labor shortages, Money, Wages",
    "Keywords: banking sector, CR, Credit, EU membership, Europe, Global, government, holding, hospital personnel, IMF staff projection, ISCR, Labor markets, Labor shortages, liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, prudent policy, Slovakia, tax administration authority, value chain, Wages",
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