Greece : Selected Issues.

This Selected Issues paper examines three areas of key policy importance for Greece in the coming years. The paper documents the loss of international competitiveness in recent years, as well as the accompanying widening of the current account deficit. It analyzes fiscal consolidation episodes in ad...

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Coauteur: International Monetary Fund
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Reeks:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2007/027
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF
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