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AmericasOctober 5 2008

Longer tenors and more microfinance diversify portfolios

The private sector is showing its confidence in Uruguay’s revitalised banking system by investing more, and a robust deposit base is allowing banks to offer their corporate clients longer tenors. By John Rumsey.
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Investments by the private sector are growing fast, thanks to the much stronger banking system in Uruguay that has emerged from the past five years of economic growth and sound macroeconomic policies pursued by the Uruguayan government.

It bears restating that Uruguayan banks have been garnering deposits faster than they have been granting credit as they rebuild their asset base. That solid base implies scope for plenty of credit growth in coming years.

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