Canada - Net acquisition of financial assets
Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)
The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in Canada was 45,521,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106,690,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of -5,285,000,000 in 2016.
Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 2,483,000,000 |
| 1996 | 4,040,000,000 |
| 1997 | 5,485,000,000 |
| 1998 | 7,224,000,000 |
| 1999 | 22,485,000,000 |
| 2000 | 8,591,000,000 |
| 2001 | 35,527,000,000 |
| 2002 | 7,265,000,000 |
| 2003 | 16,967,000,000 |
| 2004 | 2,008,000,000 |
| 2005 | 35,106,000,000 |
| 2006 | 14,920,000,000 |
| 2007 | 10,625,000,000 |
| 2008 | 106,690,000,000 |
| 2009 | 61,886,000,000 |
| 2010 | 13,047,000,000 |
| 2011 | 26,936,000,000 |
| 2012 | 45,845,000,000 |
| 2013 | 21,243,000,000 |
| 2014 | 8,563,000,000 |
| 2015 | 86,353,000,000 |
| 2016 | -5,285,000,000 |
| 2017 | 35,210,000,000 |
| 2018 | 15,883,000,000 |
| 2019 | 45,521,000,000 |
Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)
Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in Canada was 1.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 6.44 in 2008, while its lowest value was -0.26 in 2016.
Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.30 |
| 1996 | 0.47 |
| 1997 | 0.60 |
| 1998 | 0.77 |
| 1999 | 2.23 |
| 2000 | 0.78 |
| 2001 | 3.10 |
| 2002 | 0.61 |
| 2003 | 1.35 |
| 2004 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 2.47 |
| 2006 | 1.00 |
| 2007 | 0.67 |
| 2008 | 6.44 |
| 2009 | 3.94 |
| 2010 | 0.78 |
| 2011 | 1.52 |
| 2012 | 2.51 |
| 2013 | 1.12 |
| 2014 | 0.43 |
| 2015 | 4.34 |
| 2016 | -0.26 |
| 2017 | 1.64 |
| 2018 | 0.71 |
| 2019 | 1.97 |
Classification
Topic: Public Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Government finance
