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Canada Data: International Transactions in Securities>

Release for:     December 2017
Source:  Statistics Canada
Millions of Canadian dollars
Net sales to non-residents (+)/ net purchases from non-residents (-)
                                Dec-17  Nov-17  Oct-17    2017    2016
Foreign investment in Canadian securities:
Total                            -1972   19203   20685  188524  171766
Debt Securities                  -3628   19579   19096  132917  119288
Money mkt instruments              401    2318   -8829  -15729    3105
All governments                    858     850   -3661  -14510   -3963
Federal govt                     -1267     267   -1044   -7312   -3198
Other govt                        2125     583   -2617   -7199    -767
Corporations                      -458    1468   -5168   -1219    7071
Govt business enterprises          -40    -446   -1396   -2106    -349
Private corporations              -417    1914   -3772     888    7422
Bonds                            -4029   17261   27924  148642  116183
All governments                  -4826    9885    7662   52519   31678
Federal govt                      -625    8827    5974   28085   24962
Other govt                       -4201    1058    1688   24433    6715
Corporations                       797    7376   20263   96125   84506
Govt business enterprises        -5683    1280    1626   10580    7686
Private corporations              6480    6096   18636   85544   76820
Equity and inv fund shares        1656    -377    1589   55608   52477
Shares                            1821    -288    1443   55678   52334
Investment fund shares            -166     -89     146     -72     143
Canadian investment in foreign securities:
Total                            21991   -4615   16280   84658   13791
Debt Securities                   2172    -385    2242   16030   -6213
Money mkt instruments              148     -15    -348    3766   -1604
Bonds                             2024    -370    2590   12264   -4611
Equity and inv fund shares       19818   -4230   14038   68628   20005
--MNI Ottawa Bureau; email: yali.ndiaye@marketnews.com
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