As Spain seems to have wiped anyone else away from eurozone crisis-related headlines, we have published a new briefing looking at how the Spanish crisis could evolve in the near future – focusing our attention on the role of the regions and potential…
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Bankia, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks, spanish regions |
July 23, 2012
Once again the crisis came roaring back this weekend, with a terrible Spanish debt auction last week and rumours that a raft of Spanish regions will need aid from the central government (as we predicted here) sending Spanish 10 year borrowing costs sky…
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cost of borrowing, eurozone crisis, sovereign debt, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish regions |
July 16, 2012
Once again the lack of clarity coming out of the Spanish government has resulted in it getting a bashing by the press over the past few days, both in Spain and across Europe. The source this time was the press conference on Friday announcing the new
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eurozone, eurozone crisis, germany, Merkel, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks, spanish regions |
July 10, 2012
As expected, yesterday’s was an intense Eurogroup meeting for Spain, with several key issues on the table. Here’s a summary of what happened and what was (or wasn’t) decided:Eurozone finance ministers reached a “political agreement” over the Spanish ba…
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eurogroup, eurozone, eurozone crisis, germany, juncker, Rajoy, schauble, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks, spanish regions |
As expected, yesterday’s was an intense Eurogroup meeting for Spain, with several key issues on the table. Here’s a summary of what happened and what was (or wasn’t) decided:Eurozone finance ministers reached a “political agreement” over the Spanish ba…
Posted by Open Europe blog team
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eurogroup, eurozone, eurozone crisis, germany, juncker, Rajoy, schauble, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks, spanish regions |
June 10, 2012
Well, that was the line that Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos was spinning yesterday. Sorry Luis, this is essentially a Spanish rescue – external funding sources filling a gap which the state can’t (check), monitoring of a large chunk of the …
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bail-out, bank capital, Bankia, banking sector, crisis, EBA, EFSF, esm, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, finance, Spain, spanish banks, spanish regions |
May 29, 2012
Things are looking sticky in Spain.Firstly, the Spanish government announced a bail out of Bankia to the tune of €19bn in addition to the €4.5bn already put in – and is currently looking at the least painful way of getting cash to the bank. The pl…
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bailout, bank capital, Bankia, catalonia, cost of borrowing, EFSF, germany, Rajoy, Spain, spanish banks, spanish regions |
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