Tag: consumer credit

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 01:15 UTC

  Brazil tightens consumer credit backed by wages and pensions

  

  Brazil's central bank on Monday tightened rules on credit card loans backed by wages and pensions which households are increasingly using as a source of long-term borrowing.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  Debate on the vulnerabilities that could condition the Brazilian economy mid term

  

  The good performance of the Brazilian economy and its management of the 2008 world financial crisis have been headlines across the world, but there are also some warning signals form analysts regarding the possibility of asset bubbles and their consequences.