Brasília – Brazil’s outflow of dollars has been exceeding the inflow. According to figures disclose by the country’s Central Bank (BC) on Thursday (14), this month, up to the 8th, the trade flow has been US$ 67 million negative. In the same period in 2012, with six working days, the balance was US$ 7.216 billion positive. In January this year, the result was US$ 2.386 billion negative.
The foreign currency flow in the financial sector was US$ 53 million positive and that in the trade sector was US$ 120 million negative in February, up to the 8th.
From January to February 8th, the negative forex flow deficit has reached US$ 2.453 billion. In the period, the financial flow presented a balance of US$ 2.422 billion and the trade flow, was US$ 4.875 billion negative.
*Translated by Mark Ament
