Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context of the 2011 Article IV consultation with United States, the following documents have been released and are included in this package:  Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions that ended on June 27, 2011, with the officials of United States on economic developments and policies. Based on

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... rmation available at the time of these discussions, the staff report was completed on July 7, 2011. The views expressed in the staff report are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Board of the IMF.