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Brazilian Real and U.S. dollar notes are pictured at a currency exchange office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this September 10, 2015 photo illustration. Ricardo Moraes, Reuters
BRASILIA - Brazil posted a current account deficit of $10.878 billion in December, the central bank said on Thursday, contributing to an overall deficit of $55.668 billion last year.
The monthly deficit was larger than the $6.45 billion deficit forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
Foreign direct investment in December reached $5.570 billion, the central bank said, against $5.7 billion expected in the poll, and bringing the 2022 total to $90.572 billion.
(Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Editing by Steven Grattan)
