In brief

625 billion.

5 billion.

87 billion left unused.

What we know

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  1. Verified fact · material

    The CMN raised the global limit for credit operations by states, the Federal District and municipalities in 2026 from R$ 26.625 billion to R$ 28.625 billion.

    Expands subnational borrowing capacity for the year by R$ 2 billion.

    Sources[01][02]
  2. Verified fact · material

    The sub-limit for operations with a federal guarantee rose from R$ 7 billion to R$ 8.5 billion and the sub-limit without a guarantee from R$ 6 billion to R$ 6.5 billion.

    Most of the new room goes to operations guaranteed by the federal government.

    Sources[01][02]
  3. Verified fact · material

    The expansion was made possible by R$ 7.87 billion of room left unused in earlier cycles, according to the National Treasury.

    Does not create new debt beyond what the programme rules already envisaged.

    Sources[01][02]
  4. Context

    Requests from states and municipalities continue to be reviewed by the Treasury within the limit and conditions verification process, with priority for entities with better payment capacity.

    Effective access depends on the payment capacity rating of each entity.

    Sources[02]

Transmission to assets

Market read-through

Public and multilateral banks gain demand for guaranteed operations in 2026.

5 million in guaranteesCredit guaranteesThemeStructures that distribute default risk and condition financing transactions.Open in the Market Map ↗ in August; more guaranteed operations increase that tail risk in the coming years.

Portfolio impact

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Bancos públicos (BNDES, Caixa, BB)positive

More subnational credit operations with a federal guarantee.

Loan books to public entities grow.

What would change the view: Depends on the Treasury approving the requests.

sector55% confidence
Garantias da Uniãonegative

More guaranteesCredit guaranteesThemeStructures that distribute default risk and condition financing transactions.Open in the Market Map ↗ granted raise future Treasury exposure.

Increases the contingent liabilities of the federal government.

What would change the view: Risk materialises only if the entity stops paying.

macro50% confidence

Direction is an explanatory hypothesis, not a forecast or recommendation.

Next signals

What to watch

  • Queue of limit verification requests at the Treasury after the expansion
  • GuaranteesCredit guaranteesThemeStructures that distribute default risk and condition financing transactions.Open in the Market Map ↗ honoured by the federal government in the monthly bulletins
  • Distribution of the new room among states rated A and B

Limits of the reporting

What remains uncertain

  • How much of the new limit will be contracted in 2026
  • Whether there will be another expansion in 2027 using the same mechanism

Full sources

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