At the moment, the Spanish government would have to borrow money to bail out the banks, and this would increase its own debt, aggravating concerns about Spain's financial health.
The increases came after the U.S. government reported drops in crude, gasoline and distillate fuel inventories, aggravating concerns about a supply shortage from the shutdown of a BP pipeline in Alaska.
Aggravating concerns about the company is its slow growth in traffic at only 5.4% on the quarter, compared with Yahoo!'s (YHOO) growth of 25.2% and Excite's (XCIT) 15%.
The aggravated concern regarding the need for space and facilities was statistically significant (p = 0.02), whereas the other changes in items of awareness were insignificant between the two years (Table 2).
But Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat of Michigan, said the variation in premiums could push people into lower-cost private plans and could aggravate concerns about geographic inequities in Medicare.
China's increasing involvement in the United States economy, including the recent purchase by a Chinese government investment fund of stakes in the private equity firm Blackstone and in the investment banker Morgan Stanley, has aggravated concerns in Congress.
A plane crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia on Sunday morning is likely to aggravate concerns about the safety of one of Boeing's newest commercial jets, aviation analysts say.
It also aggravated concerns in the currency markets that Germany was preparing contingency plans for its banks in the event of a Greek default, Eric Viloria, senior market strategist for Forex.com, said.
Amazon.com's announcement aggravated concerns about low profit margins in the online bookselling business.
Aggravating evidence concerns why a jury should impose a death sentence.
By then, there will be little or no room left for further fiscal and monetary stimulus without aggravating investor concerns about long-term fiscal sustainability.
