Context: After fourteen consecutive years of economic growth, Greece went into recession in 2008. By the end of 2009, the Greek economy faced the highest budget deficit and government debt-to-GDP ratios in the EU. After several upward revisions, the 2009 budget deficit is now estimated at 15.7% of GDP. This, combined with rapidly rising debt levels (127.9% of GDP in 2009) led to a precipitous increase in borrowing costs, effectively shutting Greece out of the global financial markets and resulting in a severe economic crisis.

Question: How many years of consecutive growth had Greece had?
Answer: fourteen

Question: When did Greece go into recession?
Answer: in 2008

Question: What did the Greek economy have the highest of at the end of 2009?
Answer: budget deficit

Question: What percentage of GDP was the budget deficit of Greece in 2009?
Answer: 15.7%

Question: What type of crisis resulted from the budget deficit and rising debt levels of Greece?
Answer: severe economic

Question: How many years of consecutive growth has Greece lost?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did Greece reverse their recession?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did the Greek economy have the lowest of at the end of 2009?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What percentage of GDP was the budget surplus of Greece in 2009?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of crisis was averted from the budget surplus and lowering debt levels of Greece?
Answer: Unanswerable