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  "title": "Republic of Congo: Post-Financing Assessment-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Congo",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, April 3, 2026",
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  "summary": "Congo’s economic performance and outlook remain fragile. 2025 growth remained well below potential as weak public investment and energy supply disruptions weighed on the non-hydrocarbon sector, and medium-term growth prospects have softened for similar reasons.",
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      "heading": "Economic performance and outlook",
      "content": "- 2025 growth remained well below potential.\n- Weak public investment and energy supply disruptions weighed on the non-hydrocarbon sector.\n- Medium-term growth prospects have softened for similar reasons."
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      "content": "- Fiscal discipline weakened significantly in 2025.\n- Sizeable overspending took place.\n- Revenues were compressed by lower oil prices.\n- Arrears accumulation and debt rollovers at unfavorable terms are slowing the pace of public debt reduction."
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      "content": "- Heightened sovereign-bank nexus vulnerabilities.\n- Liquidity tensions in regional treasury markets."
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      "content": "- Congo’s economic performance and outlook remain fragile.\n- Multiple interacting shocks—weak public investment, energy supply disruptions, lower oil prices, fiscal overspending, arrears, and unfavorable debt rollovers—are contributing to slower debt reduction and softer growth prospects.\n\nRepublic of Congo: Post-Financing Assessment-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Congo (IMF Staff Country Report).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Executive Summary\n  - Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: April 3, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229039178.002",
    "2025 growth remained well below potential.",
    "Weak public investment and energy supply disruptions weighed on the non-hydrocarbon sector.",
    "Medium-term growth prospects have softened for similar reasons.",
    "Fiscal discipline weakened significantly in 2025.",
    "Sizeable overspending took place.",
    "Revenues were compressed by lower oil prices.",
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    "Heightened sovereign-bank nexus vulnerabilities.",
    "Liquidity tensions in regional treasury markets.",
    "Congo’s economic performance and outlook remain fragile.",
    "Multiple interacting shocks—weak public investment, energy supply disruptions, lower oil prices, fiscal overspending, arrears, and unfavorable debt rollovers—are contributing to slower debt reduction and softer growth prospects.",
    "**Executive Summary**"
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