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Brazil family debt hits record 82% in July 2026

The Confederação Nacional do Comércio (CNC) reported that 82 % of Brazilian households were in debt in July 2026, the highest level recorded and the sixth consecutive month of record‑high indebtedness. The figure rose from 81.6 % in June and from 78.5 % in July 2025. At the same time, the share of families with overdue payments fell to 29.8 % in July, down from 29.9 % in June.

On average, indebted families allocate 29.5 % of their monthly income to debt service, and 19 % of households have more than half of their income committed to repayments. Major banks – Itaú Unibanco, Bradesco and Santander – set aside a combined R$ 28.7 billion in provisions for loan losses in the second quarter and said they will tighten credit, focusing on guaranteed‑loan products such as payroll‑backed, mortgage and vehicle financing.

A separate survey by Abecs showed that about 85 % of credit‑card users pay their bills in full each month, indicating a sizable segment of financially disciplined consumers. Regional data from the CNC showed similar trends across states, with Santa Catarina reporting 76.9 % indebtedness and a decline in delinquency to 23.6 %.

The data underscore growing pressure on household budgets and signal that banks may continue to restrict riskier lending while the government’s Desenrola 2.0 debt‑renegotiation program seeks to ease the burden.

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Bradesco · Brazil · Caxias do Sul · Confederação Nacional do Comércio (CNC) · Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC) · Cuiabá · Desenrola 2.0 · Fabio Bentes · Fecomércio-MT · Itaú Unibanco · José Roberto Tadros · Mosar Leandro Ness

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