BRASILIA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Outstanding loans in Brazil
dropped 0.3% in January from the month before to 5.3 trillion
reais ($1.02 trillion), central bank data showed on Monday.
A broad measure of Brazilian consumer and business default
rates increased to 4.5% from 4.2% in December.
($1 = 5.1946 reais)
(Reporting by Bernardo Caram; editing by John Stonestreet)
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