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  "title": "Slovak Republic: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 24, 2025",
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  "summary": "The 2025 Article IV Consultation with Slovak Republic discusses that economic growth accelerated to 2 percent in 2024 from 1.4 percent in 2023. Private consumption was the main driver fueled by positive real wage growth, the extension of energy support, and more generous pensions.",
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      "heading": "Economic performance and drivers",
      "content": "- Economic growth accelerated to 2 percent in 2024 from 1.4 percent in 2023.\n- Private consumption was the main driver of growth, fueled by:\n  - positive real wage growth,\n  - the extension of energy support,\n  - more generous pensions."
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      "heading": "Fiscal framework and policy implications",
      "content": "- Safeguarding Slovakia’s strong fiscal framework is essential for the credibility of the consolidation effort.\n- Policy focus implied:\n  - preserve fiscal framework strength to support consolidation credibility,\n  - maintain policies that balance near-term support with medium-term fiscal sustainability."
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      "heading": "Financial sector resilience and risks",
      "content": "- The financial sector appears resilient to stress, reflecting:\n  - a healthy level of buffers,\n  - profitability.\n- Some risks to the financial sector remain (unspecified in summary), implying continued monitoring and prudential vigilance."
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    {
      "heading": "Structural reform priorities",
      "content": "- Slovakia needs structural reforms to:\n  - diversify its economy,\n  - sustain productivity growth,\n  - increase the labor force,\n  - further reduce carbon emissions."
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    {
      "heading": "European integration and market deepening",
      "content": "- Deepening the European single market would:\n  - allow innovative firms to leverage economies of scale,\n  - facilitate cross-border flows of capital, including venture capital critical for start-ups."
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      "heading": "Governance and institutional reforms",
      "content": "- Sustained efforts are needed to:\n  - strengthen governance,\n  - reduce vulnerabilities to corruption,\n  - enhance judicial independence.\n- These efforts would help lift the economy’s resilience and growth potential.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Slovak Republic: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1svkea2025001-print-pdf\n  - 1svkea2025001-print-pdf (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1svkea2025001-print-pdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229005760.002",
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