IMF: No haircut for Greek debt, more reforms needed

Reforms were urgently needed in the country's pension and income tax systems, Christine Lagarde said.
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses members of his party in Athens on February 11. (File Photo | AP)
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses members of his party in Athens on February 11. (File Photo | AP)

BERLIN: International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde says she sees no need for a "haircut" of Greek debt but says that Athens needs to make "significant progress" on reforms.

Lagarde told Germany's ARD television Wednesday the IMF was "much more confident after the progress made by the Greek authorities" but that reforms were urgently needed in the country's pension and income tax systems.

She says "at the present time, no haircut is needed. But significant cooperation on the maturity and the interest rates will be needed going forward."

Athens agreed Monday to implement further reforms beginning in 2019, after the country's current third bailout has ended.

Greece and its European creditors are in talks over what reforms Greece must make to keep tapping bailout loans.

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