May 23, 2012

Spanish yields spike as crisis exits blocked

Spanish yields spike as crisis exits blocked

photoMADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) – Spain’s short-term borrowing costs hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as political uncertainty over a solution to the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis hit another vulnerable southern European economy. European Union paymaster Germany continues to block the two most widely-touted exit routes from a deepening crisis that is shaking the world economy — massive European Central Bank intervention to buy government bonds, or joint issuance of euro zone debt. …