Table 1 
Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances 

Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances
  First quarter 2020 Second quarter 2020 Third quarter 2020 Fourth quarter 2020 First quarter 2021
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Total debt securities 96.5 506.2 -11.9 28.5 -2.1
By sector          
Non-financial corporations -2.8 25.8 9.5 -1.1 7.1
Financial corporations 60.4 112.0 -40.3 -21.6 -35.6
General government 38.9 368.4 18.9 51.2 26.4
By currency          
Canadian dollars 84.4 439.4 13.2 44.4 6.9
Foreign currencies 12.1 66.7 -25.1 -16.0 -8.9
By original maturity          
Short term (money market instruments) 12.7 244.8 -85.4 -54.2 -44.7
Long term (bonds) 83.8 261.4 73.5 82.6 42.6
One to two years -0.6 1.3 -22.5 -7.8 -8.4
Two to five years 70.8 122.9 13.0 21.2 3.4
Five to ten years 2.0 75.2 10.4 9.3 -8.7
More than ten years 11.6 62.1 72.7 60.0 56.3
By type of interest rate          
Fixed 54.9 464.4 16.1 33.8 4.9
Variable 41.6 41.8 -27.9 -5.4 -7.0
By market of issuance          
Canada 70.2 440.6 0.4 50.8 -9.2
International 26.3 65.5 -12.3 -22.3 7.1
Total equity securities 7.0 -6.6 18.2 5.1 12.7
By sector          
Non-financial corporations 2.8 -7.4 18.7 4.2 13.2
Financial corporations 4.1 0.8 -0.5 0.9 -0.5
Note(s):
  • Instruments are classified according to the sector of the issuer. Non-financial and financial corporation sectors include public and private corporations.
  • Short-term instruments have an original term of one year or less. Long-term instruments have an original term of more than one year.
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