Stock market recovers levels last seen in April
Borrowing costs ease as risk premium falls below 500 points
Madrid makes formal request for banking-sector bailout
Letter by De Guindos does not specify what the total sum required will be Minister accepts that credit will be channeled to state financing body
Pressure eases on Spanish debt but EU bond-buying deal denied
Risk premium sees sharpest daily drop so far this year G20 report warns Spain could miss deficit targets
Rajoy calls for “break in link between bank debt and sovereign debt”
Prime minister makes request at G20, government sources say Eurogroup likely to reject idea, according to EU sources
Jittery foreigners take the money and run from Spain
As risk premium rises, non-residents move funds out while Spaniards boost their savings
Jobless claims fall but labor market still in pitiful state
Number of people registered as out of work fell in April by 6,632 to 4.744 million Hiring increase ahead of Easter vacations fails to have as strong an effect as last year Jobless rate increased to 24.44 percent in the first quarter of the year
Rajoy to oversee major shake-up in healthcare funding
Cabinet studies new ways for Spaniards to pay into public system Government wants to allow regions to apply new formulas
Spending on debt in this year to exceed government payroll
Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro announces draft state budget Financial costs will rise 5.3 percent to 28.876 billion euros Outlay will be exceeded only by spending on unemployment benefits.
Inflation falls below 2 percent for first time since August 2010
Slowdown due mainly to food non-alcoholic drinks
Deficit last year well over two points above target
Regions to blame for a blowout that will require draconian budget in 2012
Recession to leave a quarter of workers idle, BBVA says
Report says economy to shed 2,000 jobs per day