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In its recent Fiscal Monitor, the IMF provides estimates of public sector net worth. See also this previous post.

In its recent Fiscal Monitor, the IMF provides estimates of public sector net worth. See also this previous post.

On the FT’s Alphaville blog, Matthew Klein reports about discrepancies between IMF and Greek (and EU) assessments of Greek net indebtedness. The IMF appears to report lower Greek financial asset holdings than the Greek Central Bank. Matthew Klein quotes the Greek Central Bank: We would like to clarify that the Bank of Greece compiles its financial accounts, from which data on the general government’s net debt are derived, according to European standards. The Bank of Greece’s data are...