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IMF Says Greek Economy Will Grow by 6.5% This Year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday that the Greek economy is looking at a growth rate of 6.5% by the end of 2021. The IMF detailed the country's growth for 2021 in their global economic outlook report, where...

IMF: Economy of Greece to Bounce Back Significantly in 2022

The economy of Greece is projected to grow by 5.4 per cent in 2022, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

IMF: Greek Economy to Grow 3.3% in 2021; By 5.4% in 2022

A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released on Wednesday estimated that the Greek economy will grow by 3.3% this year.

IMF: Coronavirus Lands Record Blow to Greek Tourism, Economy

The dramatic reduction in tourist revenues in Greece caused by the coronavirus pandemic will have a deeply negative impact on current account balances, amounting to a loss of up to six percent of the nation's GDP, the International Monetary...

IMF Warns Greece Could Face The Worst Coronavirus Recession in Eurozone

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently presented its World Economic Outlook, in which it predicts that Greece could experience one of the worst recessions in the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. The IMF said that Athens will see a...

Greek Premier Announces Closure of IMF Office in Athens

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the closure of the IMF office in Athens after meeting Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the Fund, in Washington on Tuesday. Mitsotakis thanked Georgieva for her support of Greece and acknowledged that the...

Greece Repays Expensive IMF Loans Early

Greece has completed the early repayment of the high-interest part of an outstanding International Monetary Fund loan worth 2.7 billion euros ($2.9 billion) on Monday, the Finance Ministry announced. The action had received the required approval from European bailout lenders...

New IMF Forecasts Adopt Pessimistic Scenario for Growth After 2021

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its most recent ''World Economic Outlook'' on Friday. The new forecast of the Fund sends mixed signals about Greece's prospects, revising upward some short-term indexes while smashing the government's hopes for sustainable and strong...

European Stability Mechanism Approves Athens' Request for Early Repayment of IMF Loans

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Monday approved an early partial repayment of Greece's outstanding loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the same time it will waive Greece's obligation to simultaneously repay the same proportion of outstanding loans...

IMF Disagrees With Brussels; Sees Lower Greek Surpluses for 2019, 2020

Vitor Gaspar, the Head of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presented the Fund's Fiscal Monitor on Wednesday, just before its annual autumn summit in Washington. With regard to the IMF's projections about Greece's economy, the data presented...

Greece Officially Requests Early Repayment of Expensive IMF Loans

Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras signed the official letters on Monday in which Greece requests to pay back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) part of the loans it received during the financial crisis. The letters will be sent to the...

IMF Calls for Review of Greece's High Primary Surplus Targets

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agrees with the recent opinion expressed by Christine Lagarde in the European Parliament concerning the need to review the high primary surplus targets for Greece, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said on Thursday. This view reflects...

IMF Charges Tsipras' Relief Measures Are Moving in the Wrong Direction

Peter Dolman, the chief of the IMF delegation in Greece, said on Thursday that Greek Premier Tsipras' announced relief measures ''are moving in the wrong direction.'' Speaking at the third International Conference of the Economic Chamber of Greece, Dolman noted...

EuroWorking Group Approves Greece's Request for Early Repayment of IMF Loans

  According to Greece's state-run AMNA news agency, the EuroWorking group finally gave the green light on Thursday to Greece to repay part of its IMF loans early. Today's meeting of the Eurozone countries in the EuroWorking group approved the Greek...

Greece Formally Requests Early Repayment of Expensive IMF Loans

The Greek Finance Ministry sent to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Monday evening the government's proposal for the repayment of part of the loans Greece has received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). There has not yet been an...