Brasília – Foreign direct investment, turned to the productive sector of the economy, was US$ 3.703 billion in January this year, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC), on Friday (22). In January last year, the investment reached US$ 5.405 billion.
This investment was not enough to cover the deficit in current account transactions – purchases and sales of products and services between Brazil and the rest of the world – in January, when a negative balance of US$ 11.371 billion was recorded.
*Translated by Mark Ament
