Brasília – The flow of foreign exchange (forex), i.e., the different between dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, has returned to a surplus. According to figures issued by the Central Bank this Wednesday, from the 1st to the 13th this month, the foreign exchange flow was positive by US$ 3.018 billion. During the same ten-year period last year, the forex flow was positive by US$ 5.185 billion.
In the first week of the month, the result was negative by US$ 707 million. In the second week, it was positive by US$ 3.724 billion, mostly due to the higher results seen on the 12th (US$ 1.354 billion) and 13th (US$ 1.911 billion. Out of the five working days last week, a negative result was only recorded on the 10th (US$ 106 million).
During the two weeks thus far, investment in bonds and shares, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and other operations had a US$ 41 million deficit. The balance of trade, which pertains to foreign trade operations, showed a US$ 3.059 billion surplus.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
