Publication

7 Mar 2012

According to the author of this commentary, the real problem in Greece is no longer the fiscal deficit, but a combination of deposit flight and continuing excessive consumption in the private sector. he author warns that if Europe’s policy-makers do not recognise that deposit flight and continuing excess private expenditure constitute the real danger to the adjustment programme in Greece, they might soon have another crisis to deal with – of even greater proportions.

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Author Daniel Gros
Series CEPS Commentaries
Publisher Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
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