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  "title": "Saudi Arabia: 2026 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report",
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      "content": "- Resilience factors:\n  - Strong fundamentals\n  - Diversified oil and logistics infrastructure\n  - Authorities’ efforts to ease bottlenecks\n- Adverse impacts of the war:\n  - Curtailment of oil exports\n  - Weighing on non-oil activity and confidence"
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      "content": "- Asset and liability management\n- Commodities\n- Financial sector policy and analysis\n- Financial sector stability\n- International trade\n- Oil\n- Oil exports\n- Sovereign debt restructuring"
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    "Published: July 29, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229055444.002",
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    "The war nonetheless disrupted its momentum, curtailing oil exports and weighing on non-oil activity and confidence.",
    "Publication date: July 29, 2026",
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