September 4, 2012

Fears Rising, Spaniards Begin to Flee Spain

Landon Thomas, New York Times

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In July, Spaniards withdrew a record 75 billion euros, or $94 billion, from their banks - an amount equal to 7 percent of the country's overall economic output - as doubts grew about the durability of Spain's financial system.

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