This study aims to analyze the impact of recent years capital inflows in the Brazilian economy in the light of the uncommon growth of international fictitious capital and the world economic crisis developpement. Besides highlighting the amount of money involved and its impact on the level of reserves and the exchange rate, it stresses the importance of those figures that fall within the capital and financial accounts in the balance of payments as portfolio investment and derivatives, which sets a high exposure degree of the economy to sudden movements of international capital, especially in the event of a worsening in the crisis. The paper also provides elements about the origins and destination of foreign direct investments made in the country, as well as its importance in privatization, mergers and acquisitions processes.
Crisis; Fictitious capital; Foreign capital; De-nationalization; Brazil
