Brasília – US dollar outflows from Brazil exceeded inflows by US$ 1.029 billion last week. As a result, the month-to-date result, which began on a US$ 382 million surplus in the first week, has now swung to a US$ 647 million deficit from June 1st to the 12th, the Central Bank reported this Wednesday (17th).
In the two weeks so far this month, financial operations (investments in bonds, profit and dividend remittances to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, for instance) showed a US$ 984 million deficit. Foreign trade-related exchange operations posted a US$ 337 million surplus.
From January through June 12th, the flow of foreign exchange ran a US$ 15.146 billion surplus, with a US$ 7.933 billion surplus in financial operations and a US$ 7.213 billion surplus in export/import operations.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
