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  "title": "Belize: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, September 15, 2025",
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      "content": "- Increased trade barriers and global trade policy uncertainty.\n- Higher-for-longer global interest rates.\n- Natural disasters."
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    "Published: September 15, 2025",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229024433.002",
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