Spain struggles to meet regions' 36 billion euros debts |
| Reuters - May 23, 2012 |
Top Spanish officials are at odds over how to help the country's highly indebted regions refinance 36 billion euros of debt this year, government sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
This figure, which was revealed in the budget plans from 17 autonomous communities, compares with previous public data of around 8 billion euros of bonds maturing in 2012.
The difference is due to bilateral loans from Spanish banks to the regions worth 28 billion euros that were not made public previously, and it could unnerve further investors concerned by the capacity of Spain to curb its public finances and reform its banking sector.
Spain's weak banks and overspending regions are at the heart of the euro zone debt crisis due to concerns that expensive bail-outs of ailing lenders, such as the country's fourth largest lender Bankia, could force the country to seek international aid.
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- Posted: 2012-05-23 14:26:20
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