Brasília – The inflow and outflow of dollars in Brazil’s economy resulted in a deficit of US$ 2.692 billion in the 18 working days up to last Friday (25), according to a bulletin disclosed on Wednesday (30) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC).
The commercial account has a deficit of US$ 3.364 billion, while the financial account presents a US$ 672 million surplus. In January last year, the financial account had a surplus of US$ 5.85 billion and the commercial account, US$ 875 million.
The country’s foreign currency reserves ended Friday (25) at US$ 373.275 billion, US$ 900 million less than at the start of the week.
*Translated by Mark Ament
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