Spain borrowing costs ease amid crisis aid hope |
| The Associated Press - Jun 6, 2012 |
Spain's borrowing costs edged lower Wednesday on hopes that the European Union may be moving closer toward adopting creative measures that could alleviate the country's financial crisis and spare it the embarrassment and political damage that would come from being forced to ask for a bailout of its banking sector.
The interest rate — or yield — that Spain must pay in the secondary market on its 10-year bonds closed at 6.25 percent, five basis points below the rate a day earlier, according to financial data provider FactSet. The spread, or difference, with the equivalent safe-haven German yield fell below 5 percentage points for the first time in more than a week.
The drop in yields comes a day after the most explicit suggestion from the Spanish government that it is seeking help from Europe for its struggling banks , and a warning from the finance minister that the country risks losing access to credit from international financial markets.
Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro warned Tuesday that the high-risk premium of recent weeks indicated "the door to the markets is not open for Spain."
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- Posted: 2012-06-06 14:27:44
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