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  "title": "Angola: 2026 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Angola",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, May 8, 2026",
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  "summary": "A significant decline in oil production weakened fiscal and external positions. Overall growth held up in 2025, partly supported by public spending. Inflation eased from its peak, partly due to tight monetary policy, but remained at double digits.",
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      "heading": "Summary findings",
      "content": "- A significant decline in oil production weakened fiscal and external positions.\n- Overall growth held up in 2025, partly supported by public spending.\n- Inflation eased from its peak, partly due to tight monetary policy, but remained at double digits.\n- Despite a pickup in non-oil economic growth in recent years, non-oil revenues remained constrained while oil revenues declined sharply.\n- Angola’s access to international markets has improved but elevated fiscal financing needs continued to crowd out social spending and private credit while further weakening the external position.\n- The 2026 budget envisages fiscal consolidation and reaffirms a commitment to prudent debt management to preserve macroeconomic stability while addressing critical spending needs."
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      "heading": "Macroeconomic developments",
      "content": "- Growth: Overall growth held up in 2025, partly supported by public spending.\n- Inflation: Eased from its peak, partly due to tight monetary policy, but remained at double digits.\n- Oil sector: Significant decline in oil production led to sharply lower oil revenues."
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      "heading": "Fiscal and external positions",
      "content": "- Fiscal: Weakened due to the decline in oil revenues; elevated fiscal financing needs persisted.\n- External: Weakened external position associated with lower oil receipts and persistent financing needs.\n- Market access: Access to international markets has improved despite fiscal strains."
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      "heading": "Revenue composition and credit crowding",
      "content": "- Non-oil sector: Pickup in non-oil economic growth in recent years did not translate into strong non-oil revenues.\n- Crowding out: Elevated fiscal financing needs continued to crowd out social spending and private credit."
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      "heading": "2026 budget and policy direction",
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    "Published: May 8, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229046626.002",
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    "Overall growth held up in 2025, partly supported by public spending.",
    "Inflation eased from its peak, partly due to tight monetary policy, but remained at double digits.",
    "Despite a pickup in non-oil economic growth in recent years, non-oil revenues remained constrained while oil revenues declined sharply.",
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    "The 2026 budget envisages fiscal consolidation and reaffirms a commitment to prudent debt management to preserve macroeconomic stability while addressing critical spending needs.",
    "Growth: Overall growth held up in 2025, partly supported by public spending.",
    "Inflation: Eased from its peak, partly due to tight monetary policy, but remained at double digits.",
    "Fiscal: Weakened due to the decline in oil revenues; elevated fiscal financing needs persisted.",
    "External: Weakened external position associated with lower oil receipts and persistent financing needs.",
    "Market access: Access to international markets has improved despite fiscal strains.",
    "Non-oil sector: Pickup in non-oil economic growth in recent years did not translate into strong non-oil revenues.",
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