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IMF approves in principle participation in Greek program without financing

June 8, 2017 Economy Comments Off on IMF approves in principle participation in Greek program without financing

The International Monetary Fund approves in principle participation in Greek program without financing, the Fund’s spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday. According to the Greek correspondents in Washington, “the IMF present approval of Greek program without financing until debt easing has been granted as a way of putting pressure on …

IMF to ask Greece’s opposition for ‘assurances’ in implementation of extra austerity

March 23, 2017 Economy Comments Off on IMF to ask Greece’s opposition for ‘assurances’ in implementation of extra austerity

The International Monetary Fund will seek assurances by Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy in case the fund decides to participate in the Greek program. In the regular briefing on Thursday, the spokesman of IMF, Gerry Rice, did not rule out assurances by the Greek opposition. Assurances mean that Greece’s …

IMF on missing payment: “Greece is now in arrears”

July 1, 2015 Economy 10

Greece has defaulted on its IMF loan. It is the first Eurozone and the first developed country ever to do so. Below is the IMF’s full statement on missing payment. Greece is “now in arrears”, not default. At least, not yet… “Greece can only receive IMF financing once the arrears …

IMF dismissed reports, Rice had said the IMF had a Plan B for Greece

May 14, 2015 Economy 7

Surprise!? Gerry Rice, director of The IMF’s communication department relvead to journalists the truth. That the international Monetary Fund had a Plan B for the case things in Greece would get out of control. “The IMF has worked out Plan B to contain the crisis, should things with Greece get …

IMF spokesman officially admits wrong calculations on Greece’s program

February 1, 2013 Economy 2

One after the other officials at International Monetary Fund admit that the strict austerity program imposed to Greece was based on wrong assumptions, calculations, estimations, forecasts, multipliers and predictions A ‘mistake’ that cost Greek households billions of euro. How many? Nobody dares to calculate or say exactly…. During the regular IMF …

IMF Official’s Statement “Greece will Need 3. Bailout” Angers Greek FinMin and the IMF

September 13, 2012 Economy 13

The statements of Greece’s representative to International Monetary Fund annoyed Athens. “Greece will need a third bailout” Thanos Catsambas said in an interview to Wall Street Journal published on Thursday. Prompt was the angry answer by Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras to said – more or less -Catsambas has nothing to say …

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