Brasília – The balance between Brazil’s inflow and outflow of dollars, the forex flow, ended August with a surplus of US$ 4.155 billion and started September, up to the 2nd, also positive, at US$ 5.271 billion. From January to September 2nd, the positive balance is US$ 65.085 billion, against US$ 3.112 billion registered in the same period in 2010. This information was disclosed on Thursday (8) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC).
In August, the trade flow (export and import operations) generated a surplus of US$ 6.667 billion, whereas the financial flow (investment in papers, shares, and profit and dividend transfer abroad, among other operations) ended the month with a US$ 2.512 billion deficit.
In the first two days of September, the financial flow was US$ 3.321 billion positive, whereas the trade flow had a balance of US$ 1.951 billion. From January to September 2nd, the financial flow resulted in a positive value of US$ 34.020 billion and the trade flow, US$ 31.065 billion.
The BC also informed that dollar purchases on the spot market increased foreign reserves by US$ 4.477 billion in August, and US$ 73 million in the first two days of September.
*Translated by Mark Ament
