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Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities

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  July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 January to October 2007 January to October 2008
          Cumulative transactions
  $ millions
Foreign investment in Canadian securities -5,890 -830 -268 2,847 -28,666 33,668
Bonds (net) -3,574 3,711 -3,787 1,346 6,639 26,956
Outstanding 822 5 -2,452 3,314 6,072 23,025
New issues 1,028 3,688 4,420 2,311 38,800 44,007
Retirements -5,813 -949 -5,537 -4,748 -39,268 -41,616
Change in interest payable1 390 966 -218 468 1,035 1,541
Money market paper (net) 845 111 1,028 513 -1,825 1,732
Government of Canada 1,667 349 702 -458 -2,672 1,313
Other -823 -238 326 971 847 419
Stocks (net) -3,161 -4,652 2,490 988 -33,480 4,980
Outstanding -2,903 -4,708 2,484 -131 4,595 86
Other transactions -258 56 6 1,119 -38,075 4,894
Canadian investment in foreign securities -1,244 -217 682 12,306 -47,833 4,926
Bonds (net) 1,349 80 2,832 6,171 -33,833 10,889
Stocks (net) -2,491 -1,588 -1,599 5,836 -24,100 -7,548
Money market paper (net) -102 1,291 -552 299 10,100 1,584
1.Interest accrued less interest paid.
Note:A minus sign indicates an outflow of money from Canada, that is, a withdrawal of foreign investment from Canada or an increase in Canadian investment abroad.

Date Modified: 2008-12-18

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