Spain came under renewed pressure to formally ask for a financial bailout after a ratings agency cut the country's credit worthiness to one point above junk.

Immediately after the move by Standard and Poors, the cost of borrowing spiked, but fell back.

Spain's economy is in a mess and the agency said that Madrid's refusal to ask for aid could pull the credit rating down still further.
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