Riječi upozorenja uslijedile su i od glavnog ekonomiste MMF-a Oliviera Blancharda, koji je u pregledu za 2011. 21. decembra napisao da je "oporavak u mnogim naprednim ekonomijama u zastoju, dok neki investitori čak istražuju implikacije potencijalnog raspada eurozone, te stvarnu mogućnost da bi uslovi mogli biti gori nego što smo ih imali 2008."
Words of caution came also from IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard, who wrote in a 2011 review on December 21st that "the recovery in many advanced economies is at a standstill, with some investors even exploring the implications of a potential breakup of the eurozone, and the real possibility that conditions may be worse than we saw in 2008."