Brasília – In the first week of January in Brazil, which had five working days, the outflow of dollars exceeded the inflow. According to figures issued by the Central Bank this Wednesday (11th), a foreign exchange deficit of US$ 707 million was recorded from the 1st to the 6th. Over the same number of working days last year, there was a surplus US$ 4.099 billion.
Investment in bonds, shares, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and other financial operations recorded a US$ 859 million deficit during the period, whereas the trade balance showed a US$ 153 million surplus.
In the whole of last year, the foreign exchange surplus was US$ 65.279 billion, the second highest forex surplus ever since records started being kept, and second only to the 2007 figure (US$ 87.454 billion).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
