Brazil's primary surplus up 67% in first four months of 2011

Brazil's central government's primary surplus reached 41.4 billion reais (25.7 billion U.S. dollars) in the first four months of 2011, up 67.7 percent from the same period last year, the country's Finance Ministry said on Thursday.

The amount equals to 3.29 percent of the country's GDP.

The ministry said it has surpassed half of the target for 2011, which is 81.7 billion reais (50.7 billion U.S. dollars).

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