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Foreign investment in Canadian securities

billions of dollars -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Aug. 2013 2014 2015 2016 Aug. 2017 Money market instrumentsMoney market instruments BondsBonds Equity and investment fund sharesEquity and investment fund shares
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.

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Foreign investment in Canadian securities, billions of dollars
  Money market instruments Bonds Equity and investment fund shares
August 2013 2.2 6.3 -2.2
September 2013 0.4 0.1 10.7
October 2013 -6.1 13.7 4.4
November 2013 -7.1 11.1 5.2
December 2013 4.3 -10.2 2.3
January 2014 -1.4 -1.0 3.1
February 2014 2.3 2.7 1.5
March 2014 -6.1 4.8 2.9
April 2014 4.1 5.8 3.6
May 2014 2.9 18.9 3.2
June 2014 0.2 -0.3 2.6
July 2014 -1.9 6.9 4.6
August 2014 3.7 5.3 2.3
September 2014 -4.9 11.4 5.0
October 2014 -3.8 11.1 4.2
November 2014 0.1 6.6 -0.6
December 2014 2.0 -9.3 -7.0
January 2015 -5.8 18.0 1.0
February 2015 -2.2 14.4 1.6
March 2015 -5.3 22.5 6.8
April 2015 7.9 12.1 4.6
May 2015 -0.3 2.1 -5.3
June 2015 12.0 -7.5 5.6
July 2015 -3.9 4.6 -9.7
August 2015 0.2 8.3 -2.7
September 2015 -0.8 0.9 3.2
October 2015 3.1 11.7 3.6
November 2015 -1.7 2.1 3.1
December 2015 2.7 -3.6 2.6
January 2016 1.7 13.3 0.2
February 2016 -0.2 12.3 3.4
March 2016 2.3 9.7 6.6
April 2016 6.0 10.8 1.8
May 2016 -3.4 16.6 0.8
June 2016 -1.0 -1.8 13.4
July 2016 -2.9 13.6 1.9
August 2016 1.2 11.5 2.6
September 2016 -5.4 11.5 5.7
October 2016 7.7 6.3 1.8
November 2016 -1.1 3.2 5.5
December 2016 -1.8 2.3 9.7
January 2017 -2.7 10.1 -1.0
February 2017 -4.1 7.4 35.9
March 2017 2.9 8.9 3.3
April 2017 -1.1 13.0 -1.2
May 2017 1.5 20.8 7.2
June 2017 -0.1 -2.6 1.8
July 2017 -1.5 23.8 1.6
August 2017 1.5 8.2 0.2
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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