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  "title": "Press Release: Statement by the IMF on Greece",
  "publication": "IMF News, June 30, 2015",
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  "summary": "Date: June 30, 2015",
  "publishDate": "2015-06-30",
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      "heading": "Statement summary",
      "content": "- Date: June 30, 2015\n- Press Release No.15/310\n- Issued by: IMF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, Media Relations\n- Key quoted messages from Mr. Gerry Rice, Director of Communications:\n  - “I confirm that the SDR 1.2 billion repayment (about EUR 1.5 billion) due by Greece to the IMF today has not been received.”\n  - “We have informed our Executive Board that Greece is now in arrears and can only receive IMF financing once the arrears are cleared.”\n  - “I can also confirm that the IMF received a request today from the Greek authorities for an extension of Greece’s repayment obligation that fell due today, which will go to the IMF’s Executive Board in due course.”"
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    {
      "heading": "Financial status and IMF policy implication",
      "content": "- Exact amount in arrears: SDR 1.2 billion (about EUR 1.5 billion)\n- Immediate implication: Greece is in arrears to the IMF and is ineligible to receive IMF financing until arrears are cleared.\n- Procedural action: IMF Executive Board has been informed of the arrears."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Request for extension",
      "content": "- The IMF received a request from the Greek authorities on June 30, 2015, for an extension of the repayment obligation that fell due that day.\n- Next step indicated: the extension request “will go to the IMF’s Executive Board in due course.”"
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    {
      "heading": "Media contact",
      "content": "- E-mail: media@imf.org\n- Phone: 202-623-7100\n\nPress Release No.15/310 — IMF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, June 30, 2015\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Greece and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- Nine Key Questions on Greece\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr15310"
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    "Published: June 30, 2015",
    "Date: June 30, 2015",
    "Press Release No.15/310",
    "Issued by: IMF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, Media Relations",
    "Key quoted messages from Mr. Gerry Rice, Director of Communications:",
    "Exact amount in arrears: SDR 1.2 billion (about EUR 1.5 billion)",
    "Immediate implication: Greece is in arrears to the IMF and is ineligible to receive IMF financing until arrears are cleared.",
    "Procedural action: IMF Executive Board has been informed of the arrears.",
    "The IMF received a request from the Greek authorities on June 30, 2015, for an extension of the repayment obligation that fell due that day.",
    "Next step indicated: the extension request “will go to the IMF’s Executive Board in due course.”",
    "E-mail: media@imf.org",
    "Phone: 202-623-7100",
    "[Greece and the IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/country/GRC/index.htm)",
    "[Press Releases](https://www.imf.org/en/news/searchnews)",
    "[Nine Key Questions on Greece](https://www.imf.org/external/country/grc/greecefaq.htm)",
    "[PRESS CENTER](http://presscenter.imf.org/)",
    "[https://www.imf.org/en/home](https://www.imf.org/en/home)"
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