The value of outstanding loans from the Brazilian financial sector edged up by 0.3% from the previous month, remaining at R$7.4 trillion in July 2026, slowing from a 0.7% increase in June. Loans extended to corporations fell 0.7%, remaining at R$2.7 trillion, while household lending edged up 0.8%, also remaining broadly unchanged at R$4.6 trillion. On an annual basis, total credit expanded 9.5%, down from the 9.7% growth recorded in June. Household lending continued to outpace corporate credit, rising 10.8% year-on-year, while lending to legal entities slowed further to 7.4% from 7.9%. Meanwhile, credit with free resources totaled R$4.2 trillion, broadly unchanged from the prior month, although the level edged 0.1% downward from the previous month and increased 7% from a year earlier. Stronger household credit with free resources (up 1%) offset a monthly decline of 1.9% in corporate lending. Nevertheless, both remained higher than a year earlier. source: Banco Central do Brasil
The value of loans in Brazil increased 0.30 percent in July of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Loan Growth in Brazil averaged 0.98 percent from 2007 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 3.70 percent in September of 2008 and a record low of -1.00 percent in January of 2017. This page provides the latest reported value for - Brazil Loan Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Brazil Loan Growth - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2026.