Brasília – Dollar inflow and outflow (exchange flow) in Brazil is running a surplus of US$ 287 million in the first seven business days of the current month, according to a bulletin issued today (15th) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC). Thus, last week saw significant recovery, mainly due to the rise in trade surplus (exports minus imports).
Besides, a financial surplus has been recorded for the first time this year. According to the BC, purchases totalled US$ 7.721 billion and sales totalled US$ 7.540 billion in April, resulting in a surplus of US$ 181 million. Adding up the trade surplus of US$ 106 million, the result is a positive exchange flow of US$ 287 million, as against a deficit of US$ 498 million in the previous week.
In the accumulated result for the year, however, the exchange flow remains negative by US$ 2.686 billion, whereas during the same period of last year there was a surplus of US$ 13.217 billion. From January until April 9th, commercial operations ran a surplus US$ 6.613 billion, whereas financial operations ran a deficit of US$ 9.3 billion.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
