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Canada's balance of international payments
Third quarter 2009
- Canada's current account deficit with the rest of the world (on a seasonally adjusted basis) increased to a record $13.1 billion during the third quarter, as imports grew more than exports. At the same time, cross-border transactions in securities again generated significant inflows in the third quarter, both from Canadian sales of foreign securities and foreign acquisitions of Canadian securities.
