Loan requests, disbursements at Brazil's BNDES sink in first half
September 03, 2015 at 16:38 PM EDT
SAO PAULO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Loan requests and disbursements at Brazil's state development bank BNDES slumped in the first six months, in a sign of a dramatic drop in capital spending plans as Latin America's No. 1 economy braces for its deepest recession in a quarter century.