Olivier Blanchard

Greece deal `requires difficult decisions by all sides`: IMF

An agreement on Greece will require "difficult decisions by all sides," the IMF said, after last-ditch talks between cash-strapped Athens and its EU-IMF creditors ended with no deal on Sunday.

Jun 15, 2015, 02:51 AM IST

IMF chief economist Blanchard leaves to join US think tank

International Monetary Fund chief economist Olivier Blanchard is retiring from the Fund and joining the Peterson Institute for International Economics as a senior fellow, the IMF said Thursday.

May 14, 2015, 22:53 PM IST