The Prime Minister of Spain may soon introduce new austerity measures

Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, might announce new austerity measures in the upcoming days. Currently the government faces the third largest budget deficit in the Eurozone, EUR 95.5 billion in 2011. Due to increasing risks ten-year public bonds' interest rate has reached 7.06% on Monday, July 4. To deal with the deficit the government is considering such policies as rising taxes for food, public transport, water, restaurants and hotels, as well as reducing public wages and unemployment subsidies.