| SDDS | Date of last update: 11/30/2001 |
| Category Provider's Data | |
Contact Person |
João Roberto Valiante Guimarães |
Organization |
Banco Central do Brasil, Departamento de Operação das Reservas
Internacionais, Divisão de Câmbio, Subdivisão de Mercado de Câmbio SBS Qd.3, Ed. Sede, Bl. B, 5º andar Brasília (DF) - Brasil CEP 70.074-900 |
Phone Number |
55 61 321-7477 |
Fax Number |
55 61 3414-3246 |
| Description | |
| The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness | |
Coverage characteristics |
Data
are published on:
Bid and offer rates of spot prices and future prices are published. |
Periodicity |
Daily for the PTAX and futures prices. |
Timeliness |
By close of business on the reference date (after 7:00 PM Local time). |
| Access by the Public | |
Advance dissemination of release calendar |
Not applicable. Data are published on a daily basis. |
Simultaneous release to all interested parties |
The
relevant information is published in Portuguese on the Central Bank of Brazil
page on the Internet: http://www.bcb.gov.br/mPag.asp?perfil=1&cod=294&codP=956&idioma=P
Data are also released through the Central Bank Information System (SISBACEN),
which can be freely accessed using the access program available for download
at (pages in Portuguese) |
| Integrity | |
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to confidentiality of individual responses |
The
Central Bank of Brazil compiles and publishes monetary and financial statistics
pursuant to the legislation in force, specifically the Law establishing
the Central Bank (Law Nr. 4595 of Dec. 31st, 1964) and the National Monetary
Council resolutions, governing the generation and release of data and information,
in particular with regard to the confidentiality of data.
The Central Bank guarantees the confidentiality of the data in observance of the established in Article 38 of the Law Nr. 4595. The Law Nr. 4595, the National Monetary Council resolutions, and other rules issued by the Central Bank of Brazil, as well as other legislation, can be found in Portuguese on the Central Bank's Internet page: http://www.bcb.gov.br/mPag.asp?cod=106&Perfil=1&codP=0 These laws are available to the public in Portuguese at the Internet page of the Presidency of the Republic, under search of decrees and laws |
Identification of internal government access to data before release |
Authorities outside the Central Bank are not apprised of information before it is released through Central Bank Information System (SISBACEN). |
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases |
No commentary is attached to the release of the data. |
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology |
The data are
final when first released. The methodology used has not been changed for several years. Any changes in methodology will be made public in a timely fashion. |
| Quality | |
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics |
The
methodology is regulated in the "Comunicado 006815" of June 28,
1999, which can be found in Portuguese at http://www5.bcb.gov.br/normativos/principal.asp?id=buscanorma Use:
Press: pesquisa |
Dissemination of component detail, reconcilliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness |
The
Central Bank Foreign Exchange Bulletin is published in Portuguese
and available only on the Internet and contains the daily and the monthly
exchange rate series of 158 currencies since 1985 at www.bcb.gov.br/mPag.asp?Perfil=1&cod=294&codP=768&idioma=p The Central Bank bulletins are also released through SISBACEN every day with opening prices, opening bulletin - released generally between 9:20 AM and 9:40 AM Local time-, and interim bulletins, every half-hour, throughout the daily trading period (from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Local time), for the US dollar. The opening price is that of the first trade recorded for the day on the interbank market. If there is no trade by the deadline for release, the spread (bid/ask) indicator then in force on the market is used. After 7:00 p.m. Local time, the closing bulletin (Boletim de Taxas de Câmbio) with the PTAX rate (as specified in "The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness") is released. The bulletins (Boletim de Taxas de Câmbio) give also the par value of the Real in relation to 19 other major currencies, whose price in US dollars are obtained from Reuters, or, if not available there, from Bloomberg or another agency that publishes market prices. The bulletins (Boletim de Taxas de Câmbio) are published on the electronic
system (SISBACEN), which can be freely accessed via telephone using the
access program available for download at (pages in Portuguese) |
Notes |
Summary page on observance and transition plan |
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| X | Monthly bulletin | The Central Bank Bulletin is published monthly in Portuguese and in English and available free of charge at the Central Bank's library. For a paid annual subscription, address you request to:
The cost is R$ 19.05 per issue. |
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| X | X | On-line country bulletin board or database | Information on the PTAX bid and offer rate, the opening bulletin (Boletim de Taxas de
Câmbio) and the interim bulletins (Boletim de Taxas de Câmbio) of the Central
Bank are available on line in Portuguese on Central Bank Information System
(SISBACEN).
Proper software for accessing SISBACEN is free of charge and can be downloaded
from (pages in Portuguese) Aditional information can be obtained on Central Bank's website. |
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| X | Internet address | http://www.bcb.gov.br/mPag.asp?perfil=1&cod=294&codP=768&idioma=P in Portuguese. The closing prices of about 141 currencies (PTAX rate) in the format of one currency in a given period and all currencies on a given date, as well as a table with the characteristics and codes of the currencies in question, can be obtained on this site. |
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| Summary Methodology |
| Analytical framework, concepts, definitions, and classifications (including reference to applicable guidelines) |
| The
exchange rate for the U.S. dollar, known on the market as the PTAX rate, is the average of
the effective rates of transactions on the interbank market, with settlement two business
days after the transaction date, weighted by transaction volumes. Transactions closing at
rates that diverge most from the average on the market (outliers) are eliminated from the
calculation. The eliminated portion does not exceed 5 percent of the volume traded and is
determined based on a symmetry test, using the Pearson asymmetry coefficient, establishing
the upper and lower rates for elimination. If one or more transactions show evidence of
artificial price formation or are contrary to regular and sound market practices, they
will also be eliminated. The par values of other currencies and units of account in relation to the real are determined based on the price of these currencies in U.S. dollars published by Reuters and Bloomberg at the closing of the domestic market, and the PTAX rate for the U.S. dollar, determined as indicated in the preceding paragraph. |
| Scope of the data (coverage of, e.g., institutional units, transactions and stock, commodities, industries, and geographic areas) |
| In
addition to the U.S. dollar exchange rate, par values for the about 141
other currencies and units of account of international organizations, specifically
the currencies of the G-7 countries, the European Union, and MERCOSUR; special
drawing rights; and the unit of value of the Bank and of the African Development
Fund.
Operations included in the calculation of the PTAX rate are carried out by financial institutions authorized to deal in foreign exchange by the Central Bank of Brazil, which represent practically all banking institutions in operation in the country and, therefore, reflect prevalent conditions throughout the country. |
| Accounting conventions (e.g. time of recording, valuation methods) |
| The PTAX rate is calculated daily, after the closing of the domestic foreign exchange market (7:00PM, Brazilian time). |
| Nature of the basic data (e.g., administrative records, surveys censuses, combinations of these) |
| The database is made up of the foreign exchange contracts of all interbank foreign exchange transactions. Pursuant to the rules governing the domestic exchange market, the foreign exchange contracts of all transactions are recorded in the electronic system (SISBACEN), which links the Central Bank of Brazil to all financial institutions in operation in the country. These virtual contracts include, among other information, the participating institutions, the agreed exchange rate, the volume of foreign currency, and the date of settlement of the transaction. |
| Compilation practices (e.g., weighting schemes, imputation methods, balancing/cross-checking techniques) |
| The PTAX rate is the average of the effective rate of each interbank transaction on the exchange market, weighted by the volume of transactions and excluding transactions whose rates exceed the limits established in a symmetry test for the series of transactions. |
| Other aspects (e.g., seasonal adjustment, disclosure avoidance, base years, reference years, transformations from fiscal to calendar years) |
| In the calculation of the PTAX rate there are no adjustments or conversions, except for those described above. |