The Financial Post reports in its Wednesday edition that despite trade tensions, Canada remained a net lender to the United States for the ninth straight year in 2025, according to a report Monday from TD Bank. The Post's Serah Louis writes that in the third quarter of 2025 (the latest quarter for which data are available), Canadian households, businesses and governments acquired more than $230-billion in U.S. assets. The total for the year is on track to reach $255-billion, or 8 per cent of Canada's nominal gross domestic product. This is higher than 2024 figures, but lower than peaks hit in 2021 and 2023, when flows surged to about 15.1 and 12.9 per cent of GDP respectively, wrote TD economist Maria Solovieva in the report. Meanwhile, U.S. investment in Canada is expected to total around $150-billion for the year, or just over 5 per cent of Canada's GDP, which means Canada has sustained its lopsided financial outflow with its southern trading partner. However, different forms of investment indicate varying outlooks on longer-term cross-border prospects. Portfolio investment was the key driver for Canadian money flowing into the U.S. in 2025. More than two-thirds of this investment went toward U.S. debt securities.