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  "title": "Brunei Darussalam: Selected Issues",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, September 24, 2024",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper assesses the drivers of inflation in Brunei Darussalam. Inflation in Brunei has been on the downward trend since September 2022 being the first to hit disinflationary territory post-coronavirus disease amongst its regional peers.",
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      "heading": "Summary findings",
      "content": "- Inflation in Brunei Darussalam has been on a downward trend since September 2022, and was the first among regional peers to hit disinflationary territory post-coronavirus disease.\n- An augmented Phillips curve model of inflation with global variables is employed to analyze drivers of inflation.\n- Estimation indicates the rather sudden decline in inflation over recent quarters is driven primarily by supply factors, more specifically global supply chain developments, with moderate impacts from demand-side factors.\n- Based on these findings, the paper motivates a conservative near-term inflation outlook of 1.3 percent for 2024, noting that global supply chain disruption is prone to substantial uncertainty and always evolving."
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      "heading": "Methodology and analytical focus",
      "content": "- Model: Augmented Phillips curve model of inflation with global variables.\n- Analytical approach: Examination of demand-side and supply-side factors to assess their relative importance for inflation dynamics in Brunei Darussalam.\n- Key emphasis: Role of global supply chain developments as a supply-side determinant of domestic inflation movements."
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      "heading": "Key projections and policy implications",
      "content": "- Near-term inflation outlook: 1.3 percent for 2024.\n- Policy implication: Conservative inflation outlook and policy attention on supply-side developments, given substantial uncertainty in global supply chains.\n- Interpretation: Moderate demand-side effects complement dominant supply-side influences in recent inflation decline."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Domestic credit, Inflation, International trade, Macrostructural analysis, Money, Prices, Revenue administration, Structural reforms, Trade barriers, Trade facilitation.\n- Keywords: baseline forecast, digitizing Trade facilitation, Domestic credit, g deficit path, Global, Inflation, PIH analysis, Structural reforms, Trade barriers, Trade facilitation, Trade openness, transition scenario.\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2024/09/24/brunei-darussalam-selected-issues-555556\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Brunei Darussalam: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 24/302; August 20, 2024\n  - Brunei Darussalam: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 24/302; August 20, 2024 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Brunei Darussalam: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 24/302; August 20, 2024 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: September 24, 2024",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400289071.002",
    "An augmented Phillips curve model of inflation with global variables is employed to analyze drivers of inflation.",
    "Estimation indicates the rather sudden decline in inflation over recent quarters is driven primarily by supply factors, more specifically global supply chain developments, with moderate impacts from demand-side factors.",
    "Based on these findings, the paper motivates a conservative near-term inflation outlook of 1.3 percent for 2024, noting that global supply chain disruption is prone to substantial uncertainty and always evolving.",
    "Model: Augmented Phillips curve model of inflation with global variables.",
    "Analytical approach: Examination of demand-side and supply-side factors to assess their relative importance for inflation dynamics in Brunei Darussalam.",
    "Key emphasis: Role of global supply chain developments as a supply-side determinant of domestic inflation movements.",
    "Near-term inflation outlook: 1.3 percent for 2024.",
    "Policy implication: Conservative inflation outlook and policy attention on supply-side developments, given substantial uncertainty in global supply chains.",
    "Interpretation: Moderate demand-side effects complement dominant supply-side influences in recent inflation decline.",
    "Subjects: Domestic credit, Inflation, International trade, Macrostructural analysis, Money, Prices, Revenue administration, Structural reforms, Trade barriers, Trade facilitation.",
    "Keywords: baseline forecast, digitizing Trade facilitation, Domestic credit, g deficit path, Global, Inflation, PIH analysis, Structural reforms, Trade barriers, Trade facilitation, Trade openness, transition scenario.",
    "**Brunei Darussalam: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 24/302; August 20, 2024**"
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