Worry increases in Spain's economic circles Worry increases amongst Catalans as there seems to be no solution in sight to resolve the crisis between Madrid and the separatist leaders of Catalonia, who threatened to declare independence on October 9, 2017. The two main Catalan banks, Caixa Bank and Banco Sabadell, but also Santander and BBVA, fell hard on October 2, 2017 on the Madrid stock exchange, a day after the banned referendum on self-determination in Catalonia. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES