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Counting the cost of Brazil’s credit binge

Non-performing loans in Brazil will climb higher as the past decade’s debt boom continues to unwind. However, we think the cost of cleaning up the banking system should be manageable, helped in part by the fact that banks are starting from a point where capital buffers are relatively large.


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