Brazil's central government posts $7.9 billion primary deficit in June

BRASILIA, July 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's central government posted a primary budget deficit of 44.296 billion reais ($7.92 billion) in June, Treasury data showed on Wednesday.

The 12-month surplus reached 15.3 billion reais, equivalent to 0.11% of gross domestic product, within the official target of a zero deficit, with a tolerance band of 0.25% of GDP in either direction.

($1 = 5.5946 reais)