Rousseff Asks Brazil Banks to Study Credit Measures, Folha Says

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff asked state-run banks to study measures to expand credit so as to maintain economic growth, Folha de S.Paulo’s newswire reported without saying where it obtained the information.

Rousseff asked Banco do Brasil SA and Caixa Economica Federal to examine ways to increase credit for production, consumer spending, and to support exporters, the Sao Paulo-based newspaper’s online service said.