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  "title": "Singapore: 2026 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Singapore",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 20, 2026",
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  "summary": "Singapore has been navigating elevated global uncertainty from a position of strength. Growth reached 5.0 percent in 2025, driven by AI-related exports and healthy domestic demand. Taking account of the impact of the war in the Middle East, growth is projected to slow and inflation to rise in 2026.",
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      "heading": "Executive summary",
      "content": "- Growth reached 5.0 percent in 2025, driven by AI-related exports and healthy domestic demand.\n- Taking account of the impact of the war in the Middle East, growth is projected to slow and inflation to rise in 2026.\n- Risks to growth and inflation are tilted to the downside and upside, respectively, mainly stemming from a possible reescalation of geopolitical tensions.\n- A rise in global trade tensions or a potential bust of the global AI boom would negatively affect Singapore’s export-oriented economy."
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      "heading": "Growth drivers and recent performance",
      "content": "- Primary drivers of 2025 growth:\n  - AI-related exports.\n  - Healthy domestic demand.\n- Reported 2025 growth: 5.0 percent."
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      "heading": "Near-term projections (2026) and inflation outlook",
      "content": "- Projection summary:\n  - Growth is projected to slow in 2026 (no numerical projection provided beyond 2025 figure).\n  - Inflation is projected to rise in 2026 (no numerical projection provided)."
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      "heading": "Key risks and downside/upside factors",
      "content": "- Downside risks to growth:\n  - Possible reescalation of geopolitical tensions (notably linked to the war in the Middle East).\n  - A rise in global trade tensions.\n  - A potential bust of the global AI boom.\n- Upside risks to inflation:\n  - Possible reescalation of geopolitical tensions (tilting inflation risk upward)."
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    "Growth reached 5.0 percent in 2025, driven by AI-related exports and healthy domestic demand.",
    "Taking account of the impact of the war in the Middle East, growth is projected to slow and inflation to rise in 2026.",
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