Bras\u00edlia \u2013 Foreign investment in shares in Brazil brought net income of US$ 844 million in March, the first positive result since May 2008, when funds coming in totalled US$ 1.518 billion. The figures were supplied by the head of the Economic Department of the Central Bank, Altamir Lopes, and showed continued entry into the country of these funds.<\/p>\n
This month, up to Wednesday (22), foreign investment in shares in the country reached US$ 650 million. In the case of investment in fixed income, in March, the net total was US$ 708 million and, this month, should reach US$ 237 million. "They are flows that also contribute to the financing of the balance of payments," said Lopes.<\/p>\n
The foreign direct investment this month, up to yesterday, reached US$ 2 billion. In March, the value was US$ 1.444 billion. The balance for entry into and exit of dollars from the country is also positive, at US$ 557 million this month, up to the 17th, according to the Central Bank.<\/p>\n
The preliminary figures for March show that the trade flow result (exports, imports and foreign trade financing) is US$ 1.003 billion positive. The flow of financial operations (investment in papers, fund and dividend transfer abroad and foreign direct investment, among other operations) is US$ 446 million negative.<\/p>\n
In the accumulated result for the year, the exchange flow is US$ 2.417 billion negative, against a positive result of US$ 13.065 billion registered in the same period in 2008. From January to April 17th, the trade flow is US$ 7.510 billion positive, and the financial sector result was US$ 9.927 billion negative.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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