LatinNews Daily - 08 January 2026

*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released new figures showing that the country registered a net foreign exchange outflow of US$33.32bn in 2025, up from a net outflow of US$18.56bn in 2024. Reports in the media have highlighted that this result is the second highest outflow figure on the BCB’s historical series, which it began recording in 1982. The worst result on record was in 2019, when a net US$44.77bn was moved out of the country. The BCB data showed a premilitary result for Brazil’s annual trade surplus in 2025, which stood at US$49.15bn. However, this trade surplus was weighed down by a net financial outflow of US$82.47bn.

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