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  "title": "Bilateral Surveillance Guidance Note",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, December 22, 2010",
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      "content": "- Article IV consultations\n- Consultations with members\n- Exchange rate policy surveillance\n- Exchange rates\n- Financial sector\n- Monetary policy\n- Monetary unions\n- Spillovers\n- Standards and codes\n\nSource: Bilateral Surveillance Guidance Note (December 22, 2010). https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/bilateral-surveillance-guidance-note-pp4400\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 102709\n  - 102709 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 102709 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/bilateral-surveillance-guidance-note-pp4400"
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