Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
 


Consumer News

Inflation pulls high of returned checks since May 2009

22/04/2013

This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.

 

 


 


RIO - The total number of returned checks in March, around the country, grew 2.36%, according to the indicator Serasa Experian checks without funds. It was the highest percentage recorded since May 2009, when there was 2.52% of devoluções.Em February this year, the percentage of returned checks was 1.90%. For the quarter, meanwhile, was 2.09% returns of checks of value above 2.04% in the same period of the previous year.

March carries seasonal increase in bad checks, according to Serasa Experian, due to the last portion of the installment payment of property taxes and school fees. This year, the indicator was also impacted by higher food inflation, which reduces the purchasing power of wages.

Furthermore, the lower classes of income, suffering from inflation, use more intensely this payment method. This can be verified at elevations of bounced checks in the North and Northeast.

In the first three months of 2013, Roraima was the state with the highest percentage of bad checks (13%). At the other end of the ranking is São Paulo, with 1.50%. Among the regions, the North was the one with the highest percentage of returned checks (4.42%), while the Southeast was the one that had the lowest rate, with 1.64%.

In the Southeast, the returned checks in March was 1.84% of the total number of checks, greater than the return of 1.48% recorded in February 2013. In March 2012, the return of checks for the second time for lack of funds in the Southeast was 1.75% of the total number of checks.

In the city of Rio de Janeiro, in turn, the returned checks in March 2013 was 1.79% of the total number of checks, greater than the return of 1.45% recorded in February.
In March 2012, the return of checks for the second time for lack of funds in Rio was 1.78% of the total number of checks.


Read more about this topic in
© 1996-2013. All rights reserved Infoglobo Comunicação e Participações SA This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.



Source: IG

Our news are taken in full from our partner sites. For this reason, we can not change the contents of the same even in cases of typos.

This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.

Important:
The JurisWay site does not interfere in the work provided by doctrine, why only reflect the opinions, ideas and concepts of their authors.


  Subjects list
 
  Copyright (c) 2006-2009. JurisWay - All rights reserved.