Table 1 
Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances 

Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances
  Fourth quarter 2022 First quarter 2023 Second quarter 2023 Third quarter 2023 Fourth quarter 2023
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Total debt securities 46.5 24.0 82.0 28.7 71.7
By sector          
Non-financial corporations -6.7 15.3 4.9 8.6 1.2
Financial corporations 41.3 36.1 22.9 9.0 19.6
General government 11.9 -27.4 54.2 11.0 50.9
By currency          
Canadian dollars 18.7 19.6 39.2 4.2 71.0
Foreign currencies 27.8 4.3 42.8 24.4 0.7
By original maturity          
Short term (money market instruments) 21.6 -22.4 29.8 28.8 -2.8
Long term (bonds) 24.9 46.4 52.1 -0.2 74.5
One to two years 5.6 11.1 12.0 3.8 6.0
Two to five years -5.4 0.1 6.4 -4.9 4.3
Five to ten years 19.8 12.5 26.2 -5.4 16.2
More than ten years 4.9 22.6 7.4 6.4 48.0
By type of interest rate          
Fixed 44.3 24.9 72.3 25.0 64.3
Variable 2.3 -0.9 9.7 3.7 7.4
By market of issuance          
Canada 48.1 -4.5 39.4 12.3 58.7
International -1.6 28.5 42.6 16.4 12.9
Total equity securities -24.2 -7.9 -17.5 -1.6 -5.4
By sector          
Non-financial corporations -8.6 -14.6 -21.7 -0.4 -7.0
Financial corporations -15.6 6.7 4.2 -1.2 1.5
Note(s):
  • Instruments are classified according to the sector of the issuer. Non-financial and financial corporation sectors include public and private corporations.
  • Short-term instruments have an original term of one year or less. Long-term instruments have an original term of more than one year.
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