The share of families with debts – in arrears or not – remained at 78% from December 2022 to January of this year. In January last year, the percentage was 76.1%.
The data are from the Consumer Indebtedness and Default Survey (Peic), released today (8), in Rio de Janeiro, by the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC).
Among those earning up to three minimum wages, 79.2% are indebted. Those who earn more than ten salaries are 74.4%.
default
Families with overdue debts, the so-called defaulters, account for 29.9% of the total, below the 30% of December, but above the 26.4% of January of last year.
Among those with income of up to three minimum wages, 38.7% are in default. Among those who earn more than ten salaries, default reaches 13.5%.
Unable to pay
Families that will not be able to pay their debts are 11.6%, a percentage higher than the 11.3% in December and 10.1% in January 2022.
The problem affects 17.4% of those earning up to three minimum wages and 2.9% of those earning more than ten minimum wages.
