Interview
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 8, 2015
Abstract:
Greece’s economy, struggling to emerge from years of deep recession, could be knocked back if the country enters a period of protracted political uncertainty and breaks with its international creditors, the finance minister said on Thursday.
The uncertainty surrounding elections later this month, with the antiausterity Syriza party leading in public-opinion polls, already has fanned fears: some 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) worth of deposits have left the banking system in the past two months, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
