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CANADA: "For the first time at year-end, Canadian holdings of foreign securities
exceeded foreign holdings of Canadian securities, by $210.1 billion at the end
of 2019," Statistics Canada says Thursday from Ottawa.
-Canada's net foreign asset position climbed by CAD197b to CAD1,0006b in Q4, on
rising value of global equities owned by Canadians.
-Canada foreign assets rose CAD337b to CAD5,784b in 4q. Canada foreign
liabilities rose CAD140b to CAD4,778b.
-Canada has been a supplier of funds to the world economy since 2014, led by
foreign direct investment.
-"At the end of 2019, the value of Canadian direct investment abroad surpassed
the value of foreign direct investment in Canada by $803.6 billion, compared
with $202.2 billion at the end of 2014."

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