# Professor Nicholas Economides assesses the impact of the leak of a phone call transcript on the IMF's debt talks with Greece

1 Faculty News April 3, 2016 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-03/imf-s-lagarde-says-greece-plan-far-away-as-talks-roiled-by-leaks) -- "'The leak and the e-mail exchanges between Tsipras and Lagarde have strengthened the negotiating position of the IMF toward both Greece and the Europeans,' [Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) said. 'The IMF has made it even more clear that it will not participate in the program without a debt reduction.'"

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