Spanish bank addicts just can’t kick the habit

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Spanish bank addicts just can’t kick the habit

Spain’s banks are swapping the heroin of the European Central Bank’s repo facilities for the methadone of government debt guarantees. But they won’t get out of rehab until they raise asset origination pricing to reflect market-driven risk premiums.

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