Brasília – Deposits in individual savings accounts exceeded withdrawals by 6.097 billion reals (US$ 3.886 billion) in July, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank this Thursday (4th). It was the highest volume of net deposits (deposits higher than withdrawals) since December 2010 (6.359 billion reals, equivalent to US$ 4.053 billion). In July 2010, the volume of net deposits reached 6.836 billion reals (US$ 4.357 billion).
In July, deposits reached 111.733 billion reals (US$ 71.223 billion) and withdrawals stood at 105.636 billion reals (US$ 67.336 billion). Individual savings accounts recorded a combined surplus of 397.085 billion reals (US$ 253.119 billion).
This year, net deposit surpluses have also been recorded in January (275.071 million reals, or US$ 175.342), March (307.423 million reals, or US$ 195.964 million) and June (220.427 million reals, or US$ 140.509 million). In the remaining months of the year, the volume of withdrawals exceeded that of deposits.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
