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Markets' optimism to prove short lived

Growing speculation that Spain may be about to gain a banking sector bail-out with limited conditionality has raised expectations that euro-zone policymakers are beginning to take a more flexible approach to dealing with the debt crisis. But we still think that any measures that are announced at the EU Council meeting later this month will be too little too late.

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