Brasília – The balance between Brazil’s inflow and outflow of dollars was US$ 460 million positive this month, up to the 14th, informed on Thursday (19) the Central Bank of Brazil (BC).
The result was boosted by the financial sector (investment in papers, shares and profit and dividend transfers abroad, among other operations), which recorded a positive balance of US$ 2.246 billion. The trade sector (operations related to exports and imports) recorded a deficit of US$ 1.787 billion.
Last week, the trade flow was US$ 1.035 billion positive. The financial sector registered a positive result of US$ 1.938 billion and the trade sector had a negative result of US$ 904 million.
From January to the second week of September, the Forex flow is US$ 23.449 billion positive, as against a surplus of US$ 68.580 billion in the same period in 2011. In the accumulated result for the second week of September this year, the financial sector recorded a positive result of US$ 6.176 billion and the trade sector, US$ 17.274 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
