Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities

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Canada's international transactions in securities

Table summary
This table displays the results of canada's international transactions in securities october 2011, november 2011, december 2011, january to december 2010 and january to december 2011, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January to December 2010Note 1 January to December 2011Note 1
  millions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 4,113 14,638 7,379 117,429 95,636
Bonds (net) 3,342 5,901 2,116 96,112 42,948
Outstanding 5,171 3,720 7,528 67,141 48,425
New issues 1,692 7,874 2,500 69,495 55,551
Retirements -4,373 -5,855 -5,435 -40,939 -61,018
Change in interest payableNote 2 851 161 -2,477 416 -10
Money market paper (net) 615 5,674 3,522 3,138 32,021
Government of Canada 1,112 4,778 368 3,675 25,764
Other -498 896 3,154 -537 6,257
Stocks (net) 157 3,064 1,741 18,179 20,667
Outstanding 212 3,156 2,233 9,497 17,504
Other transactions -54 -92 -492 8,682 3,163
Canadian investment in foreign securities -2,053 -2,944 -2,777 -14,535 -17,592
Bonds (net) -1,098 -1,561 -2,344 1,379 5,888
Money market paper (net) -2 291 918 -2,442 2,036
Stocks (net) -953 -1,674 -1,351 -13,472 -25,517
Note 1.

Cumulative transactions.

Note 2.

Interest accrued less interest paid.

Note(s): 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.