September 06, 2012

Rotten Spain

While Draghi pontificates over plans to offer Spain and Italy a precautionary credit line and buy 1-3 year bonds "to an unlimited amount", a reminder of the rottenness of the Spanish economy.

Derek Workman writes about corruption in Valencia.

Corrupt banks, rotten Regional governments, high and rising unemployment, collapsing property market ... what's to like abut the Spanish economy?

Draghi's bonds couldn't begin to cleanse these Augean stables.

2 comments:

James Higham said...

Question of time - that's all it is.

John Page said...

Got to agree, all this ECB bond buying won't address any fundamental problems.