Against this background, it was not shocking that Greece, unable to come up with €1.5 billion at the end of June, became the first developed country to miss a payment to the IMF. Belatedly, the Fund acknowledged that its lending and policy advice had failed in Greece.
在这一背景下，毫不奇怪希腊在6月底连15亿欧元都拿不出来，成为第一个无力偿还IMF的发达国家。IMF也终于承认其贷款和政策建议在希腊失败了。