São Paulo – Dollar inflow surpassed outflow, in Brazil, in USD 3.71 billion in June, according to data from the Brazilian Central Bank (BC) released this Wednesday (04). In the same month of last year, forex flow had a deficit of USD 4.3 billion.
The forex surplus is the result of a USD 2.82 billion trade surplus and a financial flow surplus of USD 890 million.
From January to June, the forex flow had a surplus of over USD 22.5 billion, against a surplus of slightly less than USD 7.5 billion in 2017’s first six months.
Year-to-date, the trade balance – with a surplus of USD 29.8 billion – is the sector behind the positive result since the financial flow had a deficit of over USD 7.2 billion.
Even with dollar outflow exceeding inflow in the country, the North American currency had an appreciation of 17% against the real in the first six months.
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
