How Germans Botched the Spanish Bank Bailout
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June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s latest initiative to subdueits financial crisis fell apart in less than a day.
The instant response to the plan for supporting Spanishbanks had been euphoric. Even as bond markets pushed the cost ofSpanish public borrowing even higher, in effect declaring thecountry insolvent, politicians were still applauding themselves.