DUBLIN (AP) The four countries in the 17-member eurozone that received sovereign bailouts have not always performed as well as hoped when their rescue loans were first negotiated.
Greece fared worst compared with the initial forecasts made by the EU Commission and the International Monetary Fund. But even Ireland, which largely met its debt and deficit targets, experienced lower growth and higher unemployment than expected.
Here is a summary of the forecasts made by the bailout creditors at the start of the countries' bailout programs, compared with how the economies fared.
(asterisk) Latest forecast by European Commission in autumn 2013, except deficit forecasts for Greece, which are from July report.
