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But they have denied that Damascus is facing a balance-of-payments crisis.
U.S. Turns to Lebanon in Bid to Strangle Syria Jay Solomon 2011
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Today the country is dangerously close to a balance-of-payments crisis.
The Economic Threat to Egypt's Stability Dalibor Rohac 2011
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For now, Pakistan is unlikely to plunge back into a balance-of-payments crisis of the kind that forced it to call in the IMF in November 2008.
Pakistan Budget Seen Lackluster Tom Wright 2011
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The country called in the IMF in 2008 amid a balance-of-payments crisis.
Pakistan's Cabinet Resigns Abhrajit Gangopadhyay 2011
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The IMF's $11 billion balance-of-payments support program for Pakistan, launched in November 2008 amid a run on the Pakistan rupee, was meant to end last December.
Disappointed in Pakistan, IMF Ends Loan Program Tom Wright 2011
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These payments constitute the single biggest contribution to the country’s balance-of-payments deficit and so is a major source of the nation’s economic weakness.
Michael T. Klare: America and Oil, Declining Together? Michael T. Klare 2011
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Pakistan called in the IMF in 2008 amid a balance-of-payments crisis, which has since abated due to strong commodity exports.
Pakistan's Central Banker Resigns Zahid Hussain 2011
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According to some calculations, oil prices added another $72 billion to America’s mammoth balance-of-payments deficit last year.
Michael T. Klare: The Year of Living Dangerously: Rising Commodity Prices and Extreme Weather Events Threaten Global Stability Michael T. Klare 2011
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These payments constitute the single biggest contribution to the country’s balance-of-payments deficit and so is a major source of the nation’s economic weakness.
Michael T. Klare: America and Oil, Declining Together? Michael T. Klare 2011
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Allowing the private sector to play a bigger role in managing the reserves could facilitate capital moving in and out of China's borders in an orderly way, analysts say, thereby helping reduce the country's persistent balance-of-payments surplus, which has resulted from its trade surplus and an investment boom.
Beijing Considers Easing Cash Rules Lingling Wei 2011
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