Government minister blames Spanish real estate crash on bank greed
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Spanish Property News
Celestino Corbacho, Spanish minister of employment
Bank greed is the “indisputable origin” of Spain’s property crash, according to Celestino Corbacho, Spain’s Minister of Employment.
“As the financial sector is always telling labour markets what they should be doing I am going to remind it of something; it is responsible [...]
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