MADRID (Reuters) - Spain sold more short-term debt than planned on Tuesday, with demand shored up by expectations the country will ask for aid after ratings for some of its most indebted regions were cut to 'junk'. The sale came as the Bank of Spain warned the economy would stay in recession in the third quarter and said the country could miss a deficit target agreed with the European Union because of lower tax revenues owing to the slump. Spain is the focus of the three-year-old euro zone debt crisis after markets pushed its refinancing costs to near unsustainable levels earlier this year on concerns over its high deficit and ailing economy. Expectations it will soon ask for a financial...
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