01619cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001072 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451816129 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Greece : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (113 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix presents a number of studies designed to probe in more depth issues of fiscal adjustment, the public sector's creditworthiness as judged by foreign lenders, and the banking system in Greece. The paper highlights that fiscal adjustment in Greece has followed a gradual path, relying to a significant extent on revenue enhancement and eschewing primary expenditure reduction. The paper also examines the evolution and tax determinants of the most widely followed indicator of the health and competitiveness of a banking system-the lending-deposit spread. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1999/138 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1999/138/002.1999.issue-138-en.xml IMF e-Library