Debt Management Report 2003-2004

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Table of Contents

Foreword by the Minister of Finance

Purpose of This Publication

Overview

Part I: Debt Management Context

Part II: Report on 2003-2004 Debt Strategy

Cost and Risk 
Maintaining a Well-Functioning Market 
Participation 
Governance of Treasury Activities 
Debt Strategy Plan and Actions Taken

Part III: Programs and Indicators

Domestic Debt Programs 
Cash Management 
Foreign Currency Debt Programs 
Holdings of Government of Canada Debt 
External Evaluations of Debt Management Policies and Activities

Annexes

Annex 1-Composition of the Federal Debt

Annex 2-Managing the Risks of Holding Cash and Reserves

Annex 3-Glossary

Annex 4-Contact Information

Reference Tables

I Gross Public Debt, Outstanding Market Debt and Debt Charges

II Government of Canada Outstanding Market Debt

III Average Weekly Domestic Market Trading in Government of Canada Securities, April 2003 to March 2004

IV Distribution of Domestic Holdings of Government of Canada Securities 

V Non-Resident (Direct) Holdings of Government of Canada Debt

VI Fiscal 2003-04 Treasury Bill Program

VII Fiscal 2003-04 Treasury Bill Auction Results

VIII Fiscal 2003-04 Canadian-Dollar Marketable Bond Program

IX Fiscal 2003-04 Marketable Bond Auction Results

X Outstanding Government of Canada Canadian-Dollar
Marketable Bonds as at March 31, 2004

XI Government of Canada Swaps Outstanding as at March 31, 2004

XII Bond Buyback Program-Operations in 2003-04

XIII Canada Savings Bonds and Canada Premium Bonds,
Fiscal 1983-84 to Fiscal 2003-04

XIV Crown Corporation Borrowings as at March 31, 2004