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Canada's international transactions in securities
  December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 January to March 2007 January to March 2008
          Cumulative transactions
  $ millions
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 1,814 851 3,728 5,296 6,737 9,875
Bonds (net) -178 6,344 3,709 -401 7,970 9,651
Outstanding -1,262 4,487 3,265 5,691 4,727 13,443
New issues 5,560 3,176 2,367 2,268 12,138 7,810
Retirements -3,608 -2,001 -2,213 -8,014 -9,179 -12,228
Change in interest payable1 -867 682 290 -346 284 626
Money market paper (net) 722 -2,072 -1,182 -239 -702 -3,493
Government of Canada 539 -1,767 -410 -72 -1,485 -2,249
Other 183 -304 -772 -168 783 -1,244
Stocks (net) 1,270 -3,421 1,201 5,937 -532 3,717
Outstanding 1,212 3,119 1,096 -2,079 2,383 2,135
Other transactions 58 -6,540 106 8,016 -2,914 1,581
Canadian investment in foreign securities -2,983 -352 -6,232 3,326 -26,757 -3,258
Bonds (net) 1,762 -48 -2,592 1,949 -17,186 -691
Stocks (net) -5,649 2,217 -3,923 -982 -9,339 -2,688
Money market paper (net) 904 -2,521 284 2,359 -232 121
1.Interest accrued less interest paid.
Note:A minus sign indicates an outflow of money from Canada, that is, a withdrawal of foreign investment from Canada or an increase in Canadian investment abroad.