Bailout for Spain’s banks buys time for Europe
By PAUL WISEMAN and PETER SVENSSON AP Business Writers
The plan to bail out Spain’s banks with up to $125 billion in aid buys European policymakers time to try to save the euro and eases deep fears in global financial markets.
The deterioration of Spain’s banks and the pressing need for a rescue was threatening to bankrupt its government. That would likely cause far more pain for Europe than the financial messes in Greece, Portugal and Ireland, smaller economies that have received bailouts.