Quote from kjones5159:
In the next few months, we have about a thousand things that can happen in September, but regardless of what happens there Spain will need a soverign bailout by October, guaranteed. Their two or three largest "state" equivalent territories are flat broke. Go on WSJ and search for the headline 'Madrid hints at bailout'...This is coming from the same Rajoy that said "No, we will not need any sort of direct bailout for our banks". Within two weeks they inked a deal with the ECB to have ?100 billion on tap.
Think if California, Texas, New York, and Oklahoma were all flat broke, our Federal government had to prop them up, which was already almost broke itself, the Feds would need more money ASAP, that's where Spain is at. Combined with the recession in the rest of their entire continent, seriously.
If Madrid strongly denies needing a direct bank bailout, then takes one within the month, what the hell do you think "maybe" means coming from them?