Brasília – The balance between the inflow and outflow of dollars in the Brazilian economy, started the month with a positive result of US$ 3.579 billion. The information was disclosed on Wednesday (10) by the Central Bank of Brazil and refers to the first week of the month, with five working days. From January to the first week of August, the exchange flow was US$ 59.237 billion, against US$ 5.867 billion in the same period in 2010.
In the first week of the month, the financial flow (funds invested in bonds, shares, profit and dividend transfers abroad, among other operations) was US$ 362 million negative. The commercial sector, in turn (representing export and import operations), was US$ 3.940 billion positive.
From January to the first week of August, the financial flow was US$ 32.850 billion positive and the exchange flow, US$ 26.387 billion positive.
In the first week of August, spot dollar purchases elevated foreign reserves by US$ 2.174 billion. Market operations (for future maturity, in the short-term) totalled US$ 403 million.
*Translated by Mark Ament
