São Paulo – The foreign exchange flow of last week was negative in US$ 376 million, according to data released this Thursday (19th) by the Brazilian Central Bank. The financial balance, which registers operations of profit and dividends remittances and direct investments in the country, among others, had a negative result of US$ 480 million in the week. In the trading balance, which registers the import and export operations, the result was positive in US$ 104 million.
Last week’s performance goes against the trend noticed in the month and year. In February, the net balance is a positive of US$ 447 million, due, mainly, to the trade balance results.
Year-to-date, the surplus stands at US$ 4.35 billion due to the performance of the financial balance, which registers net inflow of US$ 3.637 billion. In the same period last year, the foreign exchange flow had a positive net balance of US$ 1.92 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
