Brasília – The inflow of dollars into Brazil exceeded the outflow by US$ 7.622 billion this month, up to the 10th, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil on Wednesday (15). In January, the country registered a surplus (greater inflow than outflow) of US$ 7.283 billion and interrupted a sequence of three months running of negative results.
The financial sector (investment in papers, transfer abroad of funds and dividends, among other operations) boosted the preliminary result for the month, with a positive balance of US$ 7.337 billion.
The trade flow (operations related to exports and imports) was also positive, at US$ 284 million.
From January 10th to February 10th, the forex flow is US$ 14.904 billion positive, as against US$ 17.385 billion in the same period in 2011.
The Central bank also informed that purchases in dollars on the spot market increased international reserves by US$ 185 million on the 8th. On that date, the Central Bank’s operation of February 6th, when the institution returned to this kind of operation, was liquidated. The Central bank had not purchased dollars on the spot market since September 13th, 2011.
*Translated by Mark Ament
