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  "title": "A Manual for Country Economists",
  "publication": "Manuals & Guides, August 17, 1995",
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  "summary": "This Manual, addressed mainly to new staff members in the area and functional departments of the IMF, presents different ways to tackle specific problems that desk economists encounter in analyzing country data.",
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      "heading": "Content Focus and Themes",
      "content": "- Analytical approaches to financial developments in a country.\n- Evaluation of the quality of data available to IMF staff.\n- Subject coverage (as listed):\n  - Banking\n  - Commercial banks\n  - Credit\n  - Economic sectors\n  - Expenditure\n  - External debt\n  - Financial institutions\n  - Money\n  - National accounts\n  - Public sector"
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      "content": "- area department economist\n- balance of payments transaction\n- Central America\n- Commercial banks\n- country\n- Credit\n- desk Economist\n- economist\n- financing\n- legal reserve\n- legal reserve requirement\n- M&G\n- Public sector\n- resource gap\n- tax package\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/manuals-guides/issues/2016/12/30/a-manual-for-country-economists-567"
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    "Authors: Marcello Caiola",
    "Published: August 17, 1995",
    "Series: Manuals & Guides",
    "Pages: 182",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557754608.069",
    "Stock No: MCEEA0000000",
    "ISBN: 9781557754608",
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