Core Insights - Brazil's central bank reported a 1.1% month-on-month increase in national credit volume for September, reaching 6.844 trillion reais [1] - The growth in credit was driven by a rebound in corporate and personal loan issuance, with free resource loans rising by 8.1% and directed resource loans increasing by 8.2% [1] - The non-performing loan rate for free resource loans improved slightly from 5.4% in August to 5.3% in September, marking two consecutive months of improvement [1] - Average interest rates for free credit loans decreased to 45.5%, down 0.4 percentage points, while directed credit rates fell to 11.1%, down 0.6 percentage points [1] - The banking spread in free credit business narrowed to 31.9 percentage points, compared to 32.2 percentage points in the previous month [1] - Analysts noted that the credit growth indicates a recovery in corporate financing activities and a gradual restoration of consumer credit demand, although high interest rates raise questions about the sustainability of loan expansion [1]