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| 1982–84 |
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| Industrial output and external trade were improved, but high inflation and food and fuel shortages remained. In 1983 the federal government adopted programs of austerity measures for economic stabilization, including correlating pay levels to productivity, taxing income earned through “moonlighting,” and increasing property taxes. At the same time, the federal government negotiated with Western governments and banks for a “rescue package” to repay foreign debt ($4 billion to $5 billion in 1983) and for further loans. | 1 |
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| 1985, Aug.–1986, July |
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| The federal court reduced prison sentences for the dissident intellectuals of the so-called Belgrade Six, indicating some government tolerance for criticism. | 2 |
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| 1988, May 16 |
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| The government began wage controls in response to an International Monetary Fund agreement granting Yugoslavia $430 million in credits and rescheduling more than $21 billion in loans. | 3 |
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| Nov. 23 |
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| In Kosovo province, Serbian authorities banned all public assemblies and demonstrations conducted by ethnic Albanians. | 4 |
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