Greece And Imf

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  IMF's Gita Gopinath Has To Tread Carefully, Says Raghuram Rajan

  Especially in borrower countries like Greece and Argentina, the IMF still gets portrayed as an enforcer of one-size-fits-all policies based on austerity and the unimpeded flow of goods and money.

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  Euro Zone Seeks Compromise On Greek Debt Ahead Of IMF Deadline

  Greece is required by its euro zone creditors to pass wide-ranging reforms and sell state assets under an 86 billion euros ($92 billion) bailout programme.

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  IMF Believes Greece Needs Third Bailout Worth 90 Billion Euros

  Citing high-ranking EU diplomats, the paper said the IMF believed the increase was necessary due to a recession in Greece. The economy is expected to shrink by between 2.1 and 2.3 per cent this year, a Greek government official told Reuters on Monday.

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  IMF 'Will Not Join Greece Bailout Until Debt Concerns Are Addressed'

  The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it would not join a new bailout program for Greece until conditions for debt sustainability, including debt relief and economic reforms, are clearly assured.

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  Negotiations on Greek Thrid Bailout Package to Begin on Monday

  Representatives of Greece's creditors will begin talks in Athens on Monday on a third bailout package to the debt-swamped Greek government, the IMF and European Commission said.

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  Greece Makes Repayment of Over 2 Billion Euros, No Longer in Default

  Greece reopened its banks and ordered billions of euros owed to international creditors to be repaid on Monday in the first signs of a return to normal after last week's deal to agree a tough new package of bailout reforms.

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  IMF Wants to See 'Complete' Greek Package: Lagarde

  Asked on France's Europe 1 whether the IMF would participate in a third bailout for the country, Ms Lagarde said the Fund wanted to see a "complete" programme for Greece and listed what that should involve.

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  IMF Ready To Take Part In 'Complete' Greek Package

  IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday the Fund was ready to participate in what she called a "complete" package to put the Greek economy back on its feet, make its debt sustainable and allow it to get its funding from financial markets.

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  Secret IMF Report: Greece Needs Debt Relief Far Beyond EU Plans

  The updated debt sustainability analysis (DSA) was sent to euro zone governments late on Monday, hours after Athens and its 18 partners agreed in principle to open negotiations on a third bailout programme of up to 86 billion euros in return for tougher austerity measures and structural reforms.

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  Eurozone to Pay 40-50 Billion Euros of Greek Bailout: Source

  Eurozone governments will contribute between 40 and 50 billion euros ($44-55 billion) of the three-year bailout for Greece expected to cost of up to 86 billion euros, a European official said.

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  IMF Says Ready to Help Resolve Greek Debt Crisis

  IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said the Fund's managing director, Christine Lagarde, had briefed the global lender's board on the outcome of weekend talks.

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  Greek PM Wins Backing for Concessions; EU, IMF Give Positive Signals

  The measures, which received an initial green light from the European Union and International Monetary Fund before a crucial meeting of the 19 euro zone finance ministers in Brussels, were passed with the support of pro-European opposition parties.

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  EU, IMF, ECB, Eurozone Chiefs to Discuss Greece Reform Plan on Friday

  Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a press conference that Jean-Claude Juncker, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi and Jeroen Dijsselbloem would discuss the plan in a conference call at 1100 GMT.

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  International Monetary Fund Caught in Delicate Position Between Greece and EU

  Hated in Athens and brushed off by the Europeans, the International Monetary Fund approaches the next round of negotiations with Greece in a delicate position.

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  Germany, France Press Greece to Make Fast, Credible Proposals

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, the euro zone's most powerful leaders, said Athens must move quickly if it wants to secure a cash-for-reform deal with creditors and avoid crashing out of the single currency.