Greece’s 2011 Deficit May Close at 9.1% of GDP, Kathimerini Says

Greece’s 2011 budget deficit may be 9.1 percent of gross domestic product, according to a European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund mission, Kathimerini said.

The so-called troika, which completed its fifth review of the country’s economy, found Greece will miss the original target of 7.5 percent of GDP as well as a revised target of 8.5 percent for this year in the 2012 budget draft, the Athens-based daily reported, without citing anyone.