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This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that Norway is in the midst of a healthy recovery from the oil downturn …
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The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Italian people and their economy. GDP fell by nearly 9 percent in 2020, with much larger drops for contact-intensive services. Public and corporate debt increased strongly and preexisting vulnerabilities have likely worsened. The government is prioritizing...
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This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic growth in the United Kingdom has moderated since the beginning of 2017, reflecting weakening domestic demand. The sharp depreciation of sterling following the referendum has raised consumer price inflation, squeezing household real...
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The United Kingdom is set to exit the European Union in March 2019. It is now in the process of negotiating its withdrawal from the EU. Once an agreement is reached, there will be an implementation period through the end of 2020. Complex issues still remain to be resolved, including the future...
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The UK entered 2020 negotiating a new economic relationship with the EU and facing other challenges, including meeting climate targets, dealing with an aging population, and reinvigorating tepid productivity growth. Growth and investment had been weak since the 2016 referendum, and the current...
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The UK's rapid vaccination campaign enabled it to start to reopen the economy in the Spring of 2021. With highly accommodative policies, the recovery has been faster than expected. However, capacity constraints and rising price pressures have emerged while new Covid-19 variants have raised new...
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The Germany economy has performed very well in recent years, supported by prudent economic management and past … already accumulated sizable buffers through savings, Germany should now prioritize domestic investment in physical and human … investment and reduce Germany's large current account surplus …
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Israel's economy is growing well with inflation remaining low and the housing market cooling. Growth of about 3 1\2 percent in 2017 helped bring unemployment below four percent in early 2018, supporting robust wage rises averaging 3u percent. Yet, partly owing to the appreciation of the shekel,...
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