quarta-feira, agosto 01, 2012

Brazil's Banks Need to Serve Economy, Navigate Global Risks - Relatório do FMI sobre Estabilidade Financeira do Brasil


O FMI avisa: “Rapid credit expansion in recent years has supported domestic economic growth and broader financial inclusion, but could also create vulnerabilities.” O processo de financeirização da economia brasileira ocorre de forma muito rápida e já fornece sinais de esgotamento de sua capacidade de aquecer a economia. (Aquiles Melo)


Brazil, a member of the Group of Twenty advanced and emerging economies and the world’s fifth biggest economy, has a vibrant financial sector but will need to keep an eye on risks from abroad as well as at home.

Brazil’s financial system has grown in size, diversification, and sophistication, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest assessment of the country’s financial system.
Over the past decade, financial sector assets more than doubled owing to the stable economy, the expansion of the securities and derivatives markets, and money pouring in from institutional investors from home and abroad.
Thanks to deft policies and built-in cushions, Brazil’s financial system weathered the global crisis that began in 2008 remarkably well. Now, policymakers need to navigate the turbulent global economy and monitor for signs of home-grown financial trouble, the IMF said.