Brazil's current account deficit widened slightly to USD 0.062 billion in April 2019 from USD 0.061 billion in the same month of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a USD 0.085 billion surplus. The services shortfall increased to USD 3.019 billion from USD 2.699 billion a year earlier. On the other hand, the goods surplus rose to USD 5.539 billion from USD 5.394 billion; the primary income gap narrowed to USD 2.854 billion from USD 3.002 billion and the secondary income surplus advanced to USD 0.272 billion from USD 0.245 billion in April 2018. Current Account in Brazil averaged -1661.30 USD Million from 1980 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 3104.70 USD Million in May of 2017 and a record low of -13345 USD Million in January of 2014.

Current Account in Brazil is expected to be 550.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Current Account in Brazil to stand at -1200.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Brazil Current Account is projected to trend around -2800.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-02-25 01:30 PM Current Account $-6.55B $-0.82B $-6.348B $-5.1B
2019-03-25 01:30 PM Current Account $-1.14B $-6.55B $0.383B $-1.2B
2019-04-25 01:30 PM Current Account $-0.49B $-1.13B $0.5B $ 0.7B
2019-05-27 01:30 PM Current Account $-0.06B $-0.49B $0.085B $-0.1B
2019-06-24 01:30 PM Current Account $-0.06B $-0.256B $0.7B
2019-07-25 01:30 PM Current Account $ 0.55B
2019-08-26 01:30 PM Current Account $-2.6B


Brazil Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade 6422.00 6070.36 7660.98 -4068.90 USD Million [+]
Current Account -62.00 -490.00 3104.70 -13345.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -0.77 -0.35 1.80 -8.20 percent [+]
Imports 14970.00 13628.22 23049.60 67.00 USD Million [+]
Exports 21390.00 19688.79 26148.24 75.06 USD Million [+]
External Debt 663800.83 657912.13 714260.45 64259.50 USD Million [+]
Terms of Trade 108.18 107.30 132.67 64.72 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 535.50 155.90 3366.30 -13679.20 USD Million [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 6957.43 6845.58 16274.70 -181.50 USD Million [+]
Remittances 286.00 193.00 386.00 70.80 USD Million [+]
Gold Reserves 67.40 67.40 119.01 31.99 Tonnes [+]
Crude Oil Production 2746.00 2631.00 2769.00 330.00 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 1.39 1.57 2.69 0.00 [+]
Weapons Sales 111.00 47.00 267.00 1.00 USD Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 6589.00 6547.00 6589.00 1991.00 Thousand [+]

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Brazil Current Account

Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid). This page provides the latest reported value for - Brazil Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Brazil Current Account - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-62.00 -490.00 3104.70 -13345.00 1980 - 2019 USD Million Monthly




Country Last Previous
Argentina -2317.00 Dec/18
Australia -2900.00 Mar/19
Brazil -62.00 Apr/19
Canada -17347.00 Mar/19
China 586.00 Mar/19
Euro Area 19.20 Apr/19
France -846.00 Apr/19
Germany 22600.00 Apr/19
India -16899.55 Dec/18
Indonesia -6966.00 Mar/19
Italy 3913.80 Apr/19
Japan 1707.39 Apr/19
Mexico -5634.10 Mar/19
Netherlands 27505.30 Dec/18
Russia 32800.00 Mar/19
Saudi Arabia 18521.00 Dec/18
Singapore 20296.50 Mar/19
South Africa -142495.00 Mar/19
South Korea -660.00 Apr/19
Spain 26.00 Mar/19
Switzerland 15181.70 Dec/18
Turkey -1334.00 Apr/19
United Kingdom -23707.00 Dec/18
United States -130400.00 Mar/19


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