Spain pushed to the brink of full bailout

EurActiv reported that Spain paid the second highest yield on short-term debt since the birth of the euro at an auction on the 24 July 2012), prompting market watchers to warn that such levels were not sustainable and that the EU’s fourth largest economy would need a bailout the eurozone can barely afford.

The previous day Spain central bank had reported in its Economic Bulletin for July 2012 that Spain's economy sank deeper into recession in the second quarter of 2012.

Serious financial problems in some of the autonomous regions in Spain also resurfaced. Catalonia said on the 24 July 2012 that it would follow Valencia and Murcia in asking for help from the central government to overcome its financial problems.

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