Spanish Troubled-Asset Plan May Backfire
The proposal by Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s new prime minister, to rid the nation’s banking system of some EUR176 billion ($228 billion) of troubled real estate assets may backfire, say analysts, as it relies on healthy banks, rather than the government, to pick up the tab.
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