Table 1 
Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances 

Debt and equity securities issues, net issuances
  Fourth quarter 2020 First quarter 2021 Second quarter 2021 Third quarter 2021 Fourth quarter 2021
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Total debt securities 28.2 -0.4 65.7 67.9 77.4
By sector          
Non-financial corporations -1.1 8.0 12.6 5.9 17.5
Financial corporations -21.6 -35.7 -39.3 36.0 25.7
General government 50.9 27.3 92.4 26.0 34.3
By currency          
Canadian dollars 44.7 3.7 28.8 33.2 40.1
Foreign currencies -16.5 -4.1 37.0 34.7 37.3
By original maturity          
Short term (money market instruments) -54.4 -44.0 23.6 -19.6 7.1
Long term (bonds) 82.6 43.6 42.2 87.5 70.3
One to two years -7.8 -8.4 -3.1 -2.0 -1.7
Two to five years 21.2 3.3 -16.4 22.5 -2.3
Five to ten years 9.3 -7.7 31.5 7.1 24.3
More than ten years 60.0 56.3 30.2 59.8 49.9
By type of interest rate          
Fixed 33.6 6.5 102.3 64.7 69.2
Variable -5.4 -7.0 -36.5 3.1 8.2
By market of issuance          
Canada 50.5 -9.7 47.1 26.3 65.5
International -22.3 9.3 18.6 41.6 11.9
Total equity securities 5.1 13.1 2.3 -2.6 16.1
By sector          
Non-financial corporations 4.2 13.7 -3.0 -6.7 20.2
Financial corporations 0.9 -0.5 5.3 4.1 -4.2
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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