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  "title": "IMF Applications of Purchasing Power Parity Estimates",
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  "summary": "The IMF’s main uses of the International Comparison Program’s (ICP) estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are as an element of the formula used to help guide decisions on its members’ quotas and in the World Economic Outlook (WEO).",
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      "heading": "Summary of main uses",
      "content": "- The IMF’s main uses of the International Comparison Program’s (ICP) estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are:\n  - as an element of the formula used to help guide decisions on its members’ quotas; and\n  - in the World Economic Outlook (WEO).\n\n- The paper was written as a chapter on “IMF uses of PPPs” for the 2011 ICP Handbook."
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      "content": "- The paper outlines and considers measurement issues including:\n  - PPP imputations for member countries not participating in the ICP;\n  - PPP estimates for non-benchmark years;\n  - timeliness and periodicity of PPP estimates;\n  - economy groupings; and\n  - transparency."
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      "heading": "Subject classification and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Exchange rates, Expenditure, Market exchange rates, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Purchasing power parity\n- Keywords: benchmark PPP estimate, estimate, GDP, IMF usage, PPP GDP, WP\n\nContent based on the IMF web landing page for \"IMF Applications of Purchasing Power Parity Estimates\" (IMF Working Paper No. 2010/253).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp10253 - References\n  - wp10253 - References (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp10253 - References (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/imf-applications-of-purchasing-power-parity-estimates-24344"
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    "Authors: Mick Silver",
    "Published: November 1, 2010",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455209538.001",
    "The IMF’s main uses of the International Comparison Program’s (ICP) estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are:",
    "The paper was written as a chapter on “IMF uses of PPPs” for the 2011 ICP Handbook.",
    "The paper outlines and considers measurement issues including:",
    "Subject: Exchange rates, Expenditure, Market exchange rates, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Purchasing power parity",
    "Keywords: benchmark PPP estimate, estimate, GDP, IMF usage, PPP GDP, WP",
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