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  "title": "Iceland: 2026 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 30, 2026",
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  "summary": "Tight macroeconomic policies have helped slow domestic demand, but wage growth and inflation remain elevated, raising concerns about a de-anchoring of inflation expectations and erosion of export competitiveness.",
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      "content": "- Tight macroeconomic policies have helped slow domestic demand.\n- Wage growth and inflation remain elevated, raising concerns about:\n  - a de-anchoring of inflation expectations, and\n  - erosion of export competitiveness.\n- Priorities identified:\n  - return inflation to target,\n  - strengthen fiscal resilience, and\n  - advance productivity‑enhancing reforms to support sustained gains in living standards and enhance resilience to shocks."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Domestic demand: Tight macroeconomic policies have slowed domestic demand.\n- Inflation and wages: Wage growth and inflation remain elevated.\n- External competitiveness: Elevated wage growth and inflation risk eroding export competitiveness.\n- Inflation expectations: There are concerns about a potential de-anchoring of inflation expectations."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations",
      "content": "- Monetary and macroeconomic policy:\n  - Maintain policies aimed at returning inflation to target to re-anchor inflation expectations.\n- Fiscal policy:\n  - Strengthen fiscal resilience to better withstand shocks.\n- Structural reforms:\n  - Advance productivity‑enhancing reforms to support sustained gains in living standards and bolster resilience to shocks."
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      "content": "- Subject: Expenditure, Inflation, Labor, Prices, Production, Productivity, Wages\n- Keywords: exchange rate, expiration amount, Fund holding, Global, Inflation, inflation expectation, Middle East, Productivity, staff report, Wages\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1islea2026001\n  - 1islea2026001 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1islea2026001 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 30, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "Volume: 2026",
    "Pages: 90",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229056380.002",
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