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Central Bank projects for Brazil a US$30 billion deficit for external accounts in 2021

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank (BC) projection for the negative balance of external accounts this year rose from US$21 billion to US$ 30 billion.

The result corresponds to 1.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP, the sum of all goods and services produced in the country) and reflects, mainly, the expectation of a lower trade balance, with an increase in the projection for imports, from US$239 billion to US$249 billion in 2021.

The forecast for current transactions, which are the purchases and sales of goods and services and income transfers from Brazil to other . . .

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