Baltimore — (TFN): One good thing about kids is they are predictable. Give them five bucks and say they’ve got just one hour to spend it or it goes into their savings account and can bet another five bucks the cash will be spent by minute 59.

It’s the same way for politicians. Give them some cash and they’ll have it spent in no time flat, even if they can’t find anything worth buying.

‘The economic figures in Spain have deteriorated. Rato proposes reforms, and hopes that the government approves a package of economic measures soon’ says Paola Pecora.