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Canada's balance of international payments
Second quarter 2009
- Canada's current account deficit expanded to $11.2 billion during the second quarter of 2009, which also marked the first quarterly deficit on international trade in goods in more than 30 years. Non-residents continued to supply substantial funds to the Canadian economy through securities markets, led by a surge in purchases of new issues of Canadian bonds.
