EU's recovery fund must include substantial grants - IMF

Reuters

Published Jun 29, 2020 02:37AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A substantial part of the European Union's package of measures to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic must consist of grants rather than loans, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist told Der Spiegel.

"Otherwise it will not promote economic recovery," Gita Gopinath was quoted as saying by the German magazine on Monday.