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Federal general government, assets and liabilities

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  $ millions
Financial assets 86,479 99,600 105,836 103,146 105,182
Cash on hand and on deposit 18,317 20,640 19,386 21,032 24,380
Receivables 5,089 4,169 6,654 5,019 6,943
Advances 50,787 61,555 63,893 62,352 58,184
Securities 10,504 11,539 14,157 12,941 13,973
Other financial assets 1,782 1,697 1,746 1,802 1,702
Liabilities 648,212 644,900 640,526 629,638 628,830
Bank overdrafts 3,904 4,601 5,846 4,948 4,123
Liabilities to pension plans 128,346 129,185 126,921 125,708 127,560
Payables 32,842 35,252 34,573 27,927 30,352
Advances 1,406 985 949 686 621
Treasury bills 99,850 88,700 94,201 104,600 113,400
Savings bonds 26,899 26,416 24,021 22,584 21,330
Bonds and debentures 319,280 320,055 318,071 307,058 295,605
Other securities 11,302 12,570 7,765 7,124 7,720
Deposits 11,039 11,627 12,231 13,244 13,492
Other liabilities 9,743 11,746 12,034 11,637 10,434
Net debt -561,733 -545,300 -534,690 -526,492 -523,648
Note: As at March 31.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 385-0014.
Last modified: 2004-12-13.

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