Estrutura do setor bancário e o ciclo recente de expansão do crédito: O papel dos bancos públicos federais

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing the development of the Brazilian banking sector and the recent credit cycle in Brazil, focusing on the role and performance of state-owned- banks, particularly the large federal banks, BNDES, Banco do Brasil and the CEF. This paper stresses mainly the contra-cyclical role of such banks in the credit market in Brazil, as well as their crucial role in the development of long-term financing in the Brazilian economy (investment financing, rural credit and real estate credit). The emphasis of the study is on the post-Real and the recent credit boom, i.e. during the 2003-2009 period.