Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in the country, known as the exchange flow, was positive by US$ 816 million up until last Monday (18th), as informed today (20th) by the head of the Economics Department of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), Altamir Lopes.
Usually, discloses each Wednesday the BC the BC the exchange flow for the previous week, which would end on the 15th, but today, upon announcing the Foreign Sector Report concerning December, Lopes provided more up-to-date figures.
As of Friday (15th), the surplus was US$ 95 million. The exchange flow improved significantly on Monday, due to investment in bonds, by Brazilians and foreigners, fixed income and remittances of profits and dividends – which generated US$ 1.687 billion. On the other hand, the trade flow showed a deficit of US$ 871 million.
Lopes also stated that the BC purchased US$ 1.279 billion in the spot market and received US$ 141 million in foreign currency loans up until the 18th.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum