IMF disputes Greece will make its key fiscal targets | Business

Greece will fail to reach its primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of gross domestic product both in 2019 and the next few years, the International Monetary Fund projects in its Fiscal Monitor published on Wednesday in the context of the Fund’s annual meeting.

The IMF estimates that this year’s primary budget surplus will amount to 3.3 percent of GDP, sliding next year to 2.6 percent. In 2021 and 2022 it is seen shrinking to 2.5 percent and then to 2.3 percent in 2023 and 2 percent in…