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  "title": "France: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for France",
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  "summary": "The French economy has demonstrated resilience in 2024 despite high uncertainty, bolstered by the summer Olympics in Paris. The disinflationary process is progressing well, and the labor market remains robust.",
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      "heading": "Major findings: growth, inflation, and shocks",
      "content": "- The French economy \"demonstrated resilience in 2024 despite high uncertainty, bolstered by the summer Olympics in Paris.\"\n- \"The disinflationary process is progressing well.\"\n- \"The labor market remains robust.\"\n- The economy faces \"significant domestic and external headwinds to the recovery.\""
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      "content": "- Public debt described as \"high and rising.\"\n- The report highlights an \"urgent need to strengthen public finances.\"\n- The political compromise on the 2025 budget reached in February is noted as \"a positive step forward,\" but the authorities need to \"continue building consensus to further advance fiscal and structural reforms.\""
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