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Table 1 Balance of payments

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Balance of payments
  Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 2008 2009
  Not seasonally adjusted
  $ millions
Current account              
Receipts              
Goods and services 106,619 108,615 111,639 114,141 120,515 562,109 436,673
Goods 89,742 90,252 95,466 97,804 102,827 489,995 369,529
Services 16,877 18,362 16,173 16,337 17,688 72,113 67,144
Investment income 14,576 14,942 14,529 15,601 15,956 71,881 57,378
Direct investment 7,423 8,576 8,674 9,710 10,077 37,781 30,070
Portfolio investment 5,104 4,562 4,362 4,205 4,185 22,217 19,799
Other investment 2,049 1,805 1,493 1,685 1,694 11,883 7,509
Current transfers 1,929 1,787 2,012 3,074 1,854 10,574 8,622
Current account receipts 123,124 125,344 128,179 132,817 138,325 644,563 502,673
Payments              
Goods and services 113,887 115,731 117,855 119,793 127,195 538,184 463,904
Goods 91,242 93,701 96,277 96,076 103,754 443,752 374,097
Services 22,646 22,030 21,578 23,717 23,441 94,432 89,807
Investment income 18,281 18,995 18,717 20,274 19,154 88,302 71,523
Direct investment 8,048 9,407 9,048 9,590 9,363 41,586 30,764
Portfolio investment 8,209 8,256 8,170 8,354 8,672 32,285 32,950
Other investment 2,025 1,332 1,499 2,330 1,118 14,431 7,808
Current transfers 2,111 2,450 2,633 3,715 2,280 11,159 10,770
Current account payments 134,280 137,176 139,205 143,782 148,629 637,645 546,196
Balances              
Goods and services -7,268 -7,116 -6,216 -5,652 -6,680 23,925 -27,231
Goods -1,500 -3,449 -811 1,728 -927 46,244 -4,568
Services -5,768 -3,668 -5,406 -7,380 -5,753 -22,319 -22,663
Investment income -3,705 -4,053 -4,189 -4,673 -3,197 -16,422 -14,145
Direct investment -625 -832 -374 120 714 -3,805 -694
Portfolio investment -3,105 -3,694 -3,808 -4,148 -4,487 -10,068 -13,151
Other investment 24 473 -6 -644 575 -2,548 -299
Current transfers -182 -663 -621 -641 -426 -585 -2,148
Current account balance -11,156 -11,832 -11,026 -10,966 -10,304 6,918 -43,523
Capital and financial account1, 2              
Capital account 1,220 1,136 693 1,186 1,269 4,650 3,969
Financial account 7,028 7,336 13,137 10,067 11,987 -7,072 39,960
Canadian assets, net flows              
Canadian direct investment abroad -4,356 -26,817 -10,921 2,700 -9,444 -86,214 -44,389
Portfolio investment -1,910 5,337 1,344 -5,180 -1,241 13,653 -8,667
Foreign bonds 1,699 7,493 378 2,301 2,710 16,354 9,030
Foreign stocks -3,899 -2,472 1,316 -6,285 -4,695 -7,914 -15,850
Foreign money market 289 317 -350 -1,196 744 5,212 -1,847
Other investment -2,233 -32,765 -12,881 -34,767 -4,591 -37,611 -50,805
Loans -6,670 -6,830 -4,679 -14,414 3,215 -242 -17,460
Deposits -134 -11,270 -10,420 -13,246 -289 -37,335 -19,058
Official international reserves -547 -13,074 3,082 -3,667 54 -1,711 -11,618
Other assets 5,119 -1,590 -864 -3,440 -7,571 1,677 -2,669
Total Canadian assets, net flows -8,499 -54,244 -22,458 -37,246 -15,276 -110,172 -103,861
Canadian liabilities, net flows              
Foreign direct investment in Canada -2,454 16,770 7,536 13,441 9,675 58,975 21,327
Portfolio investment 39,154 19,488 28,079 18,392 40,706 29,797 110,865
Canadian bonds 31,484 11,547 28,935 19,125 32,170 15,926 83,955
Canadian stocks 6,566 14,996 2,097 -482 7,926 2,746 26,246
Canadian money market 1,104 -7,055 -2,954 -251 610 11,125 665
Other investment -21,173 25,322 -19 15,480 -23,118 14,327 11,629
Loans -11,883 -728 -1,084 1,793 -1,453 4,759 -11,081
Deposits -8,760 16,846 1,118 12,811 -21,977 10,495 13,878
Other liabilities -530 9,204 -54 876 313 -927 8,831
Total Canadian liabilities, net flows 15,526 61,580 35,595 47,313 27,263 103,099 143,821
Total capital and financial account,              
net flows 8,247 8,471 13,830 11,253 13,257 -2,422 43,929
Statistical discrepancy 2,908 3,361 -2,805 -287 -2,953 -4,496 -405
A minus sign denotes an outflow of capital resulting from an increase in claims on non-residents or from a decrease in liabilities to non-residents.
Transactions are recorded on a net basis.