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May 15, 2020
In March 2020, the balance of current credit granted by commercial banks to the private sector grew at a nominal annual rate of 10.5% (7.0% real), almost 5.0 percentage points (pp) above the rate observed the previous month (5.4%), but less than the nominal rate of 11.1% registered in March 2019.
May 5, 2020
The Financial System addresses a number of challenges in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic: to keep an adequate financing flow, preserve appropriate liquidity and a correct operation of exchange rate and debt markets as well as to help intermediaries to cope with the management of market and credit risk.
April 29, 2020
COVID19 pandemic hits as banking activity was already slowing down. In February the growth rate of banking intermediation kept the downward trend exhibited during the second half of 2019 as a result of the stalling economy.
April 3, 2020
The credit granted by banks remained the main source of funding for the private sector. Financial intermediaries have granted one third of the formal loan portfolio to mortgage loans over the past five years. Portfolio balances mirror patterns of economic activity at the end of 2019.
March 6, 2020
In January 2020, the nominal annual growth rate of the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector was 5.3% (2.0% real). This growth was slightly higher than the previous month (5.1%), but significantly below that recorded in the same month of 2019 (10.0%).
March 2, 2020
At the end of the first half of 2019, the balance and number of total credit card customers increased. Payroll credits recovered dynamism in 2019 due to an increase in the amount of loans granted. The value of production in the construction industry fell by 4.3% in 2019.
February 10, 2020
In December 2019, the nominal annual growth rate of the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector was 5.1 (2.2% real). This nominal annual growth rate is half of what was registered in December 2018 (10.0%).
February 4, 2020
Nonfinancial business debt has increasingly come to the attention of economists working in the spheres of policy and finance. The main reason is the relatively high ratio of business leverage, and is recognized as a potential source of financial instability.
January 31, 2020
Auto lending loses momentum, reflecting weak sales and increased cost of financing. New financial inclusion study with geographical focus. Housing prices rose by 8.4% in the third quarter of 2019. Credit slowdown and divergence among regions.
January 20, 2020
In October and November 2019, the nominal annual growth rates of the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector were 5.7 and 5.8%, respectively (2.6% real in October and 2.8% real in November).
January 13, 2020
Following the crisis, the financial system was extensively reformed to strengthen microprudential regulation, focused on individual entities, and macroprudential regulation, to prevent the accumulation of imbalances in the whole system that may affect the real economy.
December 18, 2019
In the first nine months of 2019, the main source of growth in bank credit to the private sector was business loans. Commercial bank deposits lose dynamism. Weakness of external financing sources is influenced by concerns regarding the global economic cycle and internal uncertainty.
