Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Net purchases of Canadian securities 10.5 billion for November

Total purchases of Canadian securities by foreign investors amounted to November 10,5 billion, an increase mainly due to increased demand for government bonds (12.9 billion dollars). A month earlier, the Canadian securities invested net 5.95 billion (revised from 5.81 billion) dollars, and in November projected decline to 5.23 billion dollars.

Net sales of foreign securities in Canada amounted to 2.4 billion dollars for November, said the Statistical Office of the country. A month earlier, had net purchases of 4.1 billion

It is worth noting that the volume of purchases of government bonds the U.S. by Canadian investors in November reached a maximum level since June 2007, 2.6 billion dollars (Treasury bonds - 1,3 billion dollars, Treasury bills - 1,4 billion dollars).

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