Table 1
Canada's international transaction in securities

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Canada's international transaction in securities

Table summary
This table displays the results of canada's international transaction in securities november 2011, december 2011, january 2012, 2010 and 2011, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 2010 2011
  millions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 14,910 8,169 -4,185 117,429 96,976
Bonds (net) 5,888 3,096 1,871 96,112 44,174
Outstanding 3,711 7,537 2,221 67,141 48,425
New issues 7,849 2,972 2,436 69,495 55,752
Retirements -5,830 -4,968 -3,663 -40,939 -60,002
Change in interest payableNote 1 157 -2,445 876 416 -1
Money market paper (net) 5,674 3,522 -4,627 3,138 32,021
Government of Canada 4,778 368 -4,745 3,675 25,764
Other 896 3,154 118 -537 6,257
Stocks (net) 3,349 1,551 -1,429 18,179 20,780
Outstanding 3,356 2,183 -1,978 9,497 17,654
Other transactions -7 -632 549 8,682 3,127
Canadian investment in foreign securities -2,946 -2,774 -1,261 -14,535 -18,000
Bonds (net) -1,562 -2,343 1,750 1,379 5,888
Money market paper (net) 291 918 358 -2,442 2,036
Stocks (net) -1,675 -1,350 -3,369 -13,472 -25,924
Note 1.

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.