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Brazil almost doubles FDI in 2022

Brazil almost doubles FDI in 2022

January 27, 2023 | Thierry Ogier
Latin America's largest economy attracts $91 bln in foreign capital, the highest amount since 2012, central bank says

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Brazil received $90.6 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, almost twice as much as 2021 and the highest level since 2012, the central bank said in its official balance of payments data on Thursday. "This is a huge recovery," Martín Castellano, head of research for Latin America at the International Institute of Finance (IIF), told LatinFinance. Last year's FDI levels equalled 4.76% of GDP, well above the regional average of 3% of GDP in 2022, according to the IIF. "This reflects

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