Bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities reached 242 % in 2018 in Brazil, according to the National Central Bank. This is 1.84 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities in Brazil reached an all time high of 300 % in 2005 and an all time low of 168 % in 2008. When compared to Brazil's main peers, bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities in Bolivia amounted to 50.4 % and 34.6 % in Peru in 2018.
Brazil has been ranked 2nd within the group of 114 countries we follow in terms of bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
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