Brasília – The Central Government – National Treasury, Central Bank and Social Service -, registered in September its highest surplus in history, 26.1 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 15.3 billion), partly due to the Petrobras capital increase. The National Treasury contributed with 35.2 billion reals (US$ 20.6 billion) to the result, and the Central Bank, 13.6 million (US$ 8 million). The Social Service presented a negative result of 9.2 billion reals (US$ 5.4 billion).
In the accumulated result for the year, the Central Government surplus has reached 55.706 billion reals (US$ 32.6 billion), equivalent to 2.14% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The result exceeds the value reached in the same period in 2009 by 1.46 percentage point.
Investment grew 56.6% in 2010 in comparison with 2009 and expenses with the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) rose 50.1%, according to figures disclosed today (26) by the National Treasury.
*Translated by Mark Ament
