Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, a.k.a. the flow of exchange, went back to a surplus this month, according to figures disclosed today (30th) by the Central Bank of Brazil. In September, up until last Friday (25th), the flow was US$ 1.060 billion positive. In previous data, for up to the 22nd this month, there was a deficit of US$ 991 million. In the same period of 2008, a surplus of US$ 3.008 billion was recorded.
The result takes into consideration the flow of trade (exports, imports and financing to foreign trade) and financial operations (investment in bonds, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, among other operations). According to the data supplied by the Central Bank, this month, up until the 25th, the US$ 3.613 billion financial operations surplus was enough to compensate for the trade deficit of US$ 2.553 billion.
From January until September 25th, the flow of exchange recorded a surplus of US$ 7.953 billion, as against US$ 17.393 billion in the same period of 2008. The flow of trade is running a surplus of US$ 8.781 billion and financial operations are running a deficit of US$ 828 million.
The Central Bank also informed that it had purchased US$ 3.240 billion on the market up until the 25th this month. The dollars become part of the country’s foreign currency reserves.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
