Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008

How Spain's banks could be the Northern Rock of Europe

MoneyWeek: How Spain's banks could be the Northern Rock of Europe

Spain's economy is in the same or worse trouble than the US and the UK. However, unknown to most Europeans, Spain's banking system is being propped up by the European taxpayer, like Northern Rock in the UK.

Posted by mary @ 10:50 AM (366 views) Add Comment

5 Comments

1. Jonb said...

Does that mean Abbey National is in trouble?

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:42AM Report Comment
 

2. handle_it said...

"Does that mean Abbey National is in trouble?" Probably safe to assume that this is seeping into virtually ever area of the financial sector by now. Will they let "Joe public" know about it ? Hmmmm, don't think so. The outlook looks darker by the hour. I think it's too late to be going into gold but at this stage who really knows.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 01:17PM Report Comment
 

3. harold said...

"How Spain's banks could be the Northern Rock of Europe"

Sure looks that way:

http://www.gata.org/node/5965

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 02:30PM Report Comment
 

4. harold said...

Err, sorry I see that

http://www.gata.org/node/5965

has alreasy been posted.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 02:33PM Report Comment
 

5. drewster said...

Btw, Abbey is owned by Spain's Santander bank. I'm not saying they're a risk, but.....

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 05:02PM Report Comment
 

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