Canada's international transactions in securities, October 2021

December 22, 2021, 8:31 a.m. (EST)

Foreign investors acquired $23.9 billion of Canadian securities in October, the largest investment since April 2020. At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $5.4 billion, led by record purchases of non-US foreign bonds.

As a result, international transactions in securities generated a net inflow of funds of $18.5 billion in the Canadian economy in October.

 

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