Initially the rescue of the Spanish banks was presented as almost a technical adjustment.

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Given banker fears and uncertainty, particularly over the adequacy of their capital, bankers would likely regard the loss of those reserves as a significant tightening of monetary policy rather than a mere technical adjustment.

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Those who try to do so through physiological research look for a technical solution to suffering in an adjustment of the brain's neuro-mechanics.

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