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Foreign investment in Canadian government bonds

billions of dollars -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 Dec. 2016 2017 2018 2019 Mar. 2020 Federal governmentFederal government Provincial and municipal governmentsProvincial and municipal governments
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Foreign investment in Canadian government bonds, billions of dollars
  Federal government Provincial and municipal governments
December 2016 0.3 0.8
January 2017 -5.4 3.1
February 2017 -1.8 5.1
March 2017 -1.5 1.0
April 2017 6.8 0.7
May 2017 4.3 10.2
June 2017 -9.5 1.0
July 2017 8.0 2.9
August 2017 4.3 1.7
September 2017 9.5 0.4
October 2017 6.0 1.7
November 2017 9.2 1.1
December 2017 -0.6 -4.2
January 2018 -1.6 -1.4
February 2018 -12.5 3.4
March 2018 -13.6 0.0
April 2018 -5.9 4.0
May 2018 0.8 0.2
June 2018 -0.1 -1.6
July 2018 5.2 1.5
August 2018 -3.8 1.0
September 2018 -3.6 -3.8
October 2018 1.1 1.5
November 2018 3.0 2.1
December 2018 -7.3 -2.1
January 2019 12.8 1.9
February 2019 -3.2 1.6
March 2019 -6.5 0.8
April 2019 -3.6 0.9
May 2019 8.8 -0.7
June 2019 -5.4 -0.1
July 2019 -10.7 -0.2
August 2019 1.2 0.9
September 2019 -1.9 -0.9
October 2019 1.4 3.9
November 2019 3.3 3.1
December 2019 -3.6 -8.1
January 2020 3.3 6.2
February 2020 10.3 4.2
March 2020 1.3 0.3
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