Brazil Books Its Third Biggest July Primary Surplus Since 1997

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The Central Government accounts, which include National Treasury, Central Bank and Social Security, closed July with a primary surplus of R$ 10,783 billion, according to a report released this Thursday by the Ministry of Finance. The surplus represents the best result for the month since 2022, when the accounts were positive in R$ 22,614 billion. In June, the deficit was R$ 48.1 billion, and in July 2025 the rhombus was R$ 59,070 billion. The de…

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BRAZILIA.— Brazil’s public accounts closed July with a primary surplus of R$10.8 billion, compared to the deficit of R$59.1 billion recorded in the same month of 2025. The improvement was driven by real income growth and, mainly, by a drop in spending linked to the judicial payment schedule. However, the accumulated red in 2026 still exceeds R$81 billion. The result of the central government, equivalent to some US$2.08 billion, was slightly abov…

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The Central Government recorded a primary surplus of R$ 10.8 billion in July 2026, the 3rd largest nominal result for the month in the entire historical series of the National Treasury, which began in 1997. However, the accumulated result from January to July is the opposite: a primary deficit of R$ 81.3 billion, the worst in the historical series for the period. The data was released by the National Treasury this Thursday (August 27, 2026). Her…

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The result exceeds the median expectations of the Prisma Fiscal do Ministério da Fazenda, which pointed to a deficit of R$ 5.5 billion