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Canada Foreign Securities Purchases

Latest Release

Apr 17, 2024

Actual

-8.78B

Forecast

10.10B

8.88B

Foreign Securities Purchases reports the amount of Canadian financial assets bought by foreign investors. Such investments include Canadian stocks, bonds, and other fixed-income instruments.

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the CAD, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the CAD.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: CAD

Source: Statistics Canada

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Apr 17, 2024 (Feb)	13:30	-8.78B	10.10B	8.88B
Mar 15, 2024 (Jan)	13:30	8.88B	2.05B	10.80B
Feb 16, 2024 (Dec)	14:30	10.44B	-6.45B	11.31B
Jan 17, 2024 (Nov)	14:30	11.43B		-15.88B
Dec 15, 2023 (Oct)	14:30	-15.75B	-3.98B	-15.06B
Nov 17, 2023 (Sep)	14:30	-15.09B		-8.77B

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