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  "title": "Suriname: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review—Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, January 8, 2024",
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  "summary": "This paper presents Suriname’s Fourth Review under the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review.",
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      "heading": "Summary and Key Findings",
      "content": "- Fiscal discipline and tight monetary policy are bringing about the long-awaited stability.\n- The economy is growing, inflation is coming down, and investor confidence is returning.\n- The authorities have completed the private debt exchange and are close to concluding agreements with all remaining creditors.\n- The debt exchange with private bondholders has been finalized with high participation rate.\n- An agreement in principle at the technical level has been reached with Exim China and is under internal approval process for signature.\n- Structural reforms to strengthen institutions, governance, and data quality remain key priorities with continued capacity building support by the IMF and other development partners.\n- The authorities’ near-term priority is to maintain fiscal prudence while protecting the most vulnerable, preserve the structural reform momentum, and avoid policy backtracking."
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    {
      "heading": "Policy Actions and Institutional Priorities",
      "content": "- Maintain fiscal prudence as a near-term priority.\n- Protect the most vulnerable while implementing fiscal consolidation.\n- Preserve momentum on structural reforms to strengthen institutions, governance, and data quality.\n- Continue capacity building support from the IMF and other development partners.\n- Finalize remaining creditor agreements following the private bondholder debt exchange."
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      "heading": "Subjects and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Central banks, Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, International organization, International reserves, Monetary base, Monetary policy, Money, Public debt\n- Keywords: Caribbean, credit system Supervision Act, Exchange rates, government fuel tax, International reserves, Monetary base, profit and loss projection, revised banking, State decree\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. \"Suriname: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2024, 006 (2024).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1surea2024001\n  - 1surea2024001 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1surea2024001 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400265235.002",
    "Fiscal discipline and tight monetary policy are bringing about the long-awaited stability.",
    "The economy is growing, inflation is coming down, and investor confidence is returning.",
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    "The debt exchange with private bondholders has been finalized with high participation rate.",
    "An agreement in principle at the technical level has been reached with Exim China and is under internal approval process for signature.",
    "Structural reforms to strengthen institutions, governance, and data quality remain key priorities with continued capacity building support by the IMF and other development partners.",
    "The authorities’ near-term priority is to maintain fiscal prudence while protecting the most vulnerable, preserve the structural reform momentum, and avoid policy backtracking.",
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    "Continue capacity building support from the IMF and other development partners.",
    "Finalize remaining creditor agreements following the private bondholder debt exchange.",
    "Subjects: Central banks, Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, International organization, International reserves, Monetary base, Monetary policy, Money, Public debt",
    "Keywords: Caribbean, credit system Supervision Act, Exchange rates, government fuel tax, International reserves, Monetary base, profit and loss projection, revised banking, State decree",
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