• ECB knows what problem of euro is, will act (sometimes I find myself just smiling)
  • Draghi comments on spreads were important
  • Details of how intervention would work unclear
  • Full 100 bln of Spain’s bank bailout won’t be used
  • VAT increase will boost revenues
  • Gasoline prices take time to reflect oil decline
  • Government concerned about fuel prices (me too)
  • Capital flight due to banks not rolling over funding
  • Government is committed to deficit target
  • Deficit target is NO1 priority for Spanish government
  • Catalonia has taken tough deficit measures
  • FROB to announce Bankia capital injection within hours

Bloomberg reporting.