IMF admits ‘notable failures’ in Greek bailout

Published June 5, 2013 10:21pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund acknowledged on Wednesday that it made “notable failures” in the Greek bailout, underestimating how much the austerity measures it pushed would pinch the country’s already faltering economy.

The IMF made the unusually frank admission in an evaluation of how it handled Greece’s debt crisis, which triggered financial turmoil across the eurozone.

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