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Article: BRAZIL: CRISIS PROMPTS CENTRAL BANK TO ADOPT MEASURE FOR INCREASING FUNDS.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- October 5, 2008
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According to anba: The international financial crisis has prompted the Brazilian Central Bank to adopt a new measure in order to increase the volume of funds available in the market. The information was disclosed yesterday (2nd). Changes were effected to mandatory payments (a portion of the funds that banks are obliged to pay to the Central Bank) for government bonds, with incidence on credit deposits. According to the press office at the Central Bank, the measure is going to issue up to 23.5 billion reais (US$ 11.7 billion) in government bonds in the market, which may be converted by the banks into money for circulation. One of the new rules provides that banks will have ...