Spanish banks borrowed €85.6 billion ($105.7 billion) from the ECB last month. This was double the amount lent to them before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 and 16.5 percent of net eurozone loans offered by the central bank.
This is the highest amount since the launch of the eurozone in 1999 and a disproportionately large share of the emergency funds provided by the euro's monetary guardian, according to analysis by Royal Bank of Scotland and Evolution. Spanish banks account for 11 percent of the eurozone banking system.
The rise in borrowing from €74.6 billion ($91.9 billion) in April, or 14.4 percent of the net liquidity pumped by the ECB into the eurozone financial system, provides further evidence of the acute tensions in the Spanish banking system.
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Els bancs espanyols baten el récord de préstecs del BCE
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