Brasília – The primary surplus, the effort made for debt service, of the consolidated government (federal, state, municipal and state-owned enterprise) reached R$ 30.251 billion (US$ 15 billion) in January, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil on Monday (27). This is the highest result since the series started being recorded, in 2001. In the same period in 2012, the result had been R$ 26.016 billion (US$ 13 billion).
In the 12 months ending in January, the result was R$ 109.187 billion (US$ 54 billion), which represents 2.46% of all the country produces – Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The Central Government (Central Bank, National Treasury and Social Security) recorded a primary surplus of R$ 26.088 billion (US$ 13 billion) in January. States and cities contributed with R$ 4.212 billion (US$ 2 billion). State-owned companies, excluding the Petrobras and Eletrobrás groups, had a primary deficit of R$ 49 million (US$ 25 million).
*Translated by Mark Ament
