Athens officials say report confirms that the price extracted for country's bailout package was too high.
from The Guardian
"The International Monetary Fund admitted it had failed to realize the damage austerity would do to Greece as the Washington-based organisation catalogued mistakes made during the bailout of the stricken eurozone country.
"In an assessment of the rescue conducted jointly with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European commission, the IMF said it had been forced to override its normal rules for providing financial assistance in order to put money into Greece.
"Fund officials had severe doubts about whether Greece's debt would be sustainable even after the first bailout was provided in May 2010 and only agreed to the plan because of fears of contagion.
"While it succeeded in keeping Greece in the eurozone, the report admitted the bailout included notable failures. …"
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