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  "title": "Nigeria: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nigeria",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 2, 2025",
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  "summary": "Nigeria has implemented major reforms over the last 2 years which have improved macroeconomic stability and enhanced resilience. The country successfully tapped the Eurobond market and earned a credit rating upgrade, pointing to improved confidence.",
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      "content": "- Subject areas highlighted: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Crime, Energy subsidies, Expenditure, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt.\n- Keywords cited: Africa, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), CBN's credibility, Energy subsidies, exchange rate volatility, Global, monitoring of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Oil prices, safeguards policy, safeguards recommendation.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1. Reform Journey Since 2023\n  - 1. Reform Journey Since 2023 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1. Reform Journey Since 2023 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 2, 2025",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229015127.002",
    "Nigeria has implemented major reforms over the last 2 years which have improved macroeconomic stability and enhanced resilience.",
    "The country successfully tapped the Eurobond market and earned a credit rating upgrade, pointing to improved confidence.",
    "Growth has been steady but too low in per-capita terms.",
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    "Half-way through its term, the government is now focused on raising growth, while adapting to the spillovers from the changing global environment.",
    "Subject areas highlighted: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Crime, Energy subsidies, Expenditure, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt.",
    "Keywords cited: Africa, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), CBN's credibility, Energy subsidies, exchange rate volatility, Global, monitoring of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Oil prices, safeguards policy, safeguards recommendation.",
    "**1. Reform Journey Since 2023**"
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