IMF Managing Director Georgieva: A balance must be found between supporting economic growth and achieving fiscal consolidation. We are actually very active and outspoken in telling countries that the restructuring should be carried out in a credible manner, but gradually so as not to stifle the potential for economic growth. The gap between well-performing economies and those underperforming is widening.

IMF Managing Director Georgieva: A balance must be found between supporting economic growth and achieving fiscal consolidation. We are actually very active and outspoken in telling countries that the restructuring should be carried out in a credible manner, but gradually so as not to stifle the potential for economic growth. The gap between well-performing economies and those underperforming is widening.