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Outstanding loans in Brazil rose 0.3% in May from the month before to 5.387 trillion reais ($1.12 trillion), according to central bank data on Wednesday.
A broad measure of Brazilian consumer and business default ratios increased to 4.9% from 4.8% in April. ($1 = 4.8116 reais) (Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Editing by Steven Grattan)