Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $11.2 billion in May, led by strong foreign purchases of federal government debt securities. Meanwhile, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $2.8 billion, led by sales of US government debt securities. As a result, international transactions in securities generated a net inflow of funds of $13.9 billion into the Canadian economy in May.
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