From Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil should total, in the month of June, the historic record of US$ 6.5 billion. The figures have not yet been consolidated by the team of technicians at the Brazilian Central Bank, but according to the adjunct head of the Economic Department at the Bank, Túlio Maciel, the data collected indicated that, until June 22, US$ 3 billion were invested in the country.
"The figures are not yet official [consolidated] for us to be able to point out exactly where these investments came from, but estimates lead us to believe that FDI will total US$ 6.5 billion," he said.
Maciel ascribes the increase in FDI to "the solid foundations of the Brazilian economy," which has been attracting investors into the country. Records started being kept in 1947.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
