Brasília – The sum of United States dollar inflows and outflows, aka foreign exchange flow, posted a US$ 500 million surplus up until August 15th, the Brazilian Central Bank has reported this Wednesday (20th).
The surplus was a consequence of financial operations (investment in bonds, profit and dividend remittances to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, among other operations), at US$ 1.278 billion. Trade-related operations (export- and import-related exchange operations) ran a US$ 778 million deficit.
Year-to-date through August 15th, the flow of foreign exchange showed a US$ 2.856 billion surplus, as a result of a US$ 873 million deficit in financial operations and a US$ 3.729 billion surplus in trade-related operations.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
