Its loans are limited to a multiple of a country’s contributions to its capital, and by this measure its loans to Greece are higher than any in its history. Eurozone governments, however, face no such constraints, and were thus free to put in place a program that would have been sustainable.
IMF本身也倍感压力。其贷款额度限定在一国对其资本贡献量的一定倍数之内，根据这个标准，其对希腊贷款已经高出了其历史上任何一笔其他贷款。但是，欧元区政府没有类似的约束，因此可以自由地实施可持续的计划。