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Papua New Guinea: 2010 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice

June 10, 2010

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Summary

This 2010 Article IV Consultation highlights that real activity in Papua New Guinea was relatively unaffected by the global downturn, with growth easing to roughly 5 percent in 2009 from 7 percent in 2008. A number of factors contributed to this favorable outcome. The country’s financial sector was insulated from the turmoil in global capital markets and domestic credit continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace than in the preceding few years. Export demand also held up, as stimulus measures in other Asian countries supported demand for commodities, the country’s main export.

Subject: Banking, Commodity prices, Environment, External debt, Inflation, Non-renewable resources, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: Article IV consultation, Commodity prices, CR, Exchange rate, GDP, Global, IDA lending operation, Inflation, Inflation expectation, Inflation pressure, ISCR, Lapse of time procedure, Mineral revenue, Non-renewable resources, Rate of drawdown

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    59

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2010/164

  • Stock No:

    1PNGEA2010002

  • ISBN:

    9781455204649

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685