Foreign direct investment (FDI) absorbed by Brazil in the first 10 months of this year has surpassed the total for the entire year of 2024. According to data released by the Central Bank of Brazil on November 25, it is expected that Brazil will experience historic highs in net inflows of foreign direct investment in 2025. There is widespread optimism regarding direct investment in Brazil, as this form of financing is considered more qualitative, representing long-term investments in production activities that help offset the deterioration of the country's current account deficit.

By October of this year, Brazil had attracted a net inflow of foreign direct investment amounting to $74.257 billion, marking an 8.8% year-on-year increase, surpassing the 2024 full-year level of $74.091 billion. In October alone, Brazil attracted a net inflow of foreign direct investment amounting to $10.937 billion, exceeding Reuters' estimate of $6.304 billion and surpassing the $6.698 billion recorded in the same month of 2024.

Brazil's Vice President, Hamilton Mourão, stated on November 24 that Brazil is moving towards the goal of achieving the highest ever net inflow of foreign direct investment. The record for annual net inflows of foreign direct investment in Brazil stands at $102.427 billion in 2011.

On the other hand, Brazil's current account deficit in October this year exceeded expectations, reaching $5.121 billion, with the 12-month accumulated deficit equivalent to 3.48% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This result is lower than the Reuters experts' estimated deficit of $4.8 billion. The deficit in the same period last year was $7.387 billion. In that month, the primary income item showed a deficit of $7.429 billion, slightly higher than the $6.59 billion deficit in the same period last year.

In October of this year, the trade account achieved a surplus of $6.17 billion, higher than the $3.189 billion recorded in the same month of 2024. The services account deficit was $4.372 billion, showing slight improvement compared to the $4.416 billion deficit in October of the previous year.