IMF expects "real fix" on Greece debt, warning against U.S. fiscal cliff

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants "a real fix and not a quick fix" on Greece debt problem and advised the United States to avoid fiscal cliff that would bring its economy to a stand still, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.

"From the IMF perspective we expect a real fix and not a quick fix that is sustainable, as soon as possible," Lagarde told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur after a eurozone finance ministerial meeting in Brussels.

She had clashed with Eurozone leaders on Monday over the timetable for Greece's bailout. Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker had suggested to lower Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio to 120 percent by 2022, but Lagarde had insisted to keep the targeted year at 2020.

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