Grim numbers force Spain towards a bailout

Spain's economy continues to contract.

The country's central bank has calculated GDP shrank by 0.4 percent between July and September from the previous three months.

Year on year the decline was 1.7 percent.

New figures also show one in five Spaniards is now living below the poverty line with families' average income down almost two percent from last year.

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