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Table 1 Canada's international transactions in securities

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Canada's international transactions in securities
	August 2008	September 2008	October 2008	November 2008	January to November 2007	January to November 2008
					Cumulative transactions
	$ millions
Foreign investment in Canadian securities	-830	-258	2,838	-4,298	-33,405	29,502
Bonds (net)	3,711	-3,777	1,337	-5,352	11,718	21,736
Outstanding	5	-2,452	3,309	-2,120	10,995	20,899
New issues	3,688	4,420	2,311	1,293	40,162	45,300
Retirements	-949	-5,537	-4,748	-4,439	-40,566	-45,922
Change in interest payable¹	966	-209	465	-86	1,128	1,459
Money market paper (net)	111	1,028	513	4,103	-1,859	5,835
Government of Canada	349	702	-458	4,120	-2,921	5,433
Other	-238	326	971	-17	1,062	402
Stocks (net)	-4,652	2,490	988	-3,049	-43,264	1,931
Outstanding	-4,708	2,484	-131	-3,011	1,076	-2,925
Other transactions	56	6	1,119	-38	-44,340	4,856
Canadian investment in foreign securities	-217	717	12,306	2,613	-45,439	7,576
Bonds (net)	80	2,868	6,171	1,671	-30,665	12,597
Stocks (net)	-1,588	-1,599	5,836	-1,022	-25,291	-8,570
Money market paper (net)	1,291	-552	299	1,964	10,518	3,549

Interest accrued less interest paid.

Note(s):

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.