IMF’s Lagarde: ‘Dedicated’ to Greek Reform Process

Greece and its creditors need to “get on with the work” to implement reforms after the cash-strapped European nation met its most recent debt repayment deadline to the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, told CNBC on Thursday.

Greece paid in full a 450 million euro ($485 million) obligation to the IMF earlier Thursday, temporarily easing concerns of a potential default. Lagarde—who met with Greek leaders on Sunday—noted that Greece and its creditors should look to identify measures to improve a “very bad economic situation” in the country.

The IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission make up the “Troika” of creditors that extended a 240 billion euro rescue loan to Greece. Greece won a four-month extension of its European bailout in February, contingent on proposing a list of fiscal reforms for creditor approval.

CNBC