The Brazilian increasingly seen credibility in government bonds from the federal government. The Treasury Direct program, created to allow small investors also make savings through investments in government debt, showed 44,900 new registrations in August.

With the performance period, the total number of registered investors in the program reached 930,196 at the end of the month, representing an increase of 68.4% over the last twelve months.

The National Treasury also said that the stock of Treasury Direct reached the amount of R $ 35.4 billion, an increase of 3.7% over the previous year (R $ 34.2 billion) and 71.9% on August 2015 (R $ 20.6 billion).

Investments in Treasury Direct

The bonds paid price index account for the greatest volume in the stock, reaching 62.2%. Following appear the securities indexed to the Selic rate, accounting for 20.6% and, finally, fixed-rate securities with 17.2%.

Source: Portal Brazil, with information from the National Treasury