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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2012 Second quarter 2012 Third quarter 2012 Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 2011 2012
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Capital account and current account              
Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account -15,102 -16,192 -16,809 -14,251 -15,093 -48,476 -62,354
Current account balances -15,098 -16,191 -16,805 -14,121 -15,092 -48,466 -62,215
Goods and services -6,902 -10,549 -11,793 -6,978 -6,716 -21,866 -36,221
Goods 527 -4,010 -7,130 -1,403 560 753 -12,016
Services -7,429 -6,539 -4,662 -5,575 -7,276 -22,618 -24,205
Primary income -6,424 -5,164 -4,112 -6,748 -6,394 -23,117 -22,448
Compensation of employees -483 -511 -531 -513 -517 -1,962 -2,037
Investment income -5,941 -4,654 -3,581 -6,235 -5,877 -21,155 -20,411
Direct investment -656 326 1,328 -738 -584 -798 260
Portfolio investment -4,697 -4,652 -4,867 -4,955 -4,812 -19,269 -19,172
Other investment -588 -328 -41 -542 -481 -1,088 -1,500
Secondary income -1,772 -478 -900 -396 -1,981 -3,483 -3,546
Capital account balance -4 -2 -4 -129 -2 -10 -139
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -14,309 -11,422 -20,019 -18,056 -9,212 -55,422 -63,807
Net acquisition of financial assets 11,886 7,763 59,199 41,990 5,776 107,379 120,839
Canadian direct investment abroad 9,810 5,227 25,008 15,357 6,531 51,602 55,401
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 6,447 2,814 8,907 16,973 6,990 18,331 35,141
Foreign debt securities -3,576 490 2,712 12,307 2,533 -7,924 11,933
Foreign money market instruments -565 -1,205 815 -659 150 -2,036 -1,615
Foreign bonds -3,011 1,695 1,897 12,966 2,384 -5,888 13,548
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 10,023 2,324 6,195 4,665 4,457 26,255 23,208
Official international reserves 2,965 -2,464 1,073 124 2,807 8,061 1,697
Other Canadian investment abroad -7,335 2,187 24,212 9,537 -10,552 29,386 28,600
Loans 3,530 7,984 20,319 -7,976 6,374 14,630 23,856
Currency and deposits -8,826 5,480 1,238 1,707 -7,989 28,172 -402
Other assets -2,039 -11,277 2,655 15,807 -8,937 -13,416 5,146
Net incurrence of liabilities 26,196 19,186 79,218 60,047 14,988 162,801 184,646
Foreign direct investment in Canada 16,497 5,096 8,114 13,284 18,649 39,254 42,990
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 6,074 28,768 32,168 16,195 9,270 100,100 83,205
Canadian debt securities 6,730 28,525 24,646 22,337 18,780 78,964 82,237
Canadian money market instruments -7,759 10,237 4,862 5,915 -6,378 32,021 13,255
Canadian bonds 14,489 18,288 19,784 16,422 25,158 46,943 68,982
Canadian equity and investment fund shares -656 243 7,522 -6,142 -9,510 21,136 968
Other foreign investment in Canada 3,625 -14,678 38,937 30,569 -12,930 23,446 58,452
Loans -1,326 -4,552 8,689 2,921 -2,926 -1,361 5,731
Currency and deposits 4,661 -10,100 29,718 28,000 -11,339 22,870 52,279
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities 290 -26 530 -352 1,335 1,937 442
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 793 4,770 -3,210 -3,806 5,881 -6,946 -1,453

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a plus sign denotes an increase in investment and a minus sign denotes a decrease in investment.
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