Table 1
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
Third quarter 2012 | Fourth quarter 2012 | First quarter 2013 | Second quarter 2013 | Third quarter 2013 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
Capital account and current account | |||||||
Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account | -16,809 | -14,251 | -15,100 | -16,539 | -16,201 | -48,476 | -62,354 |
Current account balances | -16,805 | -14,121 | -15,055 | -16,537 | -16,197 | -48,466 | -62,215 |
Goods and services | -11,793 | -6,978 | -7,257 | -10,365 | -8,893 | -21,866 | -36,221 |
Goods | -7,130 | -1,403 | 429 | -3,587 | -4,670 | 753 | -12,016 |
Services | -4,662 | -5,575 | -7,686 | -6,778 | -4,223 | -22,618 | -24,205 |
Primary income | -4,112 | -6,748 | -5,974 | -6,271 | -6,362 | -23,117 | -22,448 |
Compensation of employees | -531 | -513 | -511 | -543 | -563 | -1,962 | -2,037 |
Investment income | -3,581 | -6,235 | -5,463 | -5,728 | -5,798 | -21,155 | -20,411 |
Direct investment | 1,328 | -738 | 113 | 28 | -629 | -798 | 260 |
Portfolio investment | -4,867 | -4,955 | -4,806 | -4,948 | -4,953 | -19,269 | -19,172 |
Other investment | -41 | -542 | -770 | -809 | -216 | -1,088 | -1,500 |
Secondary income | -900 | -396 | -1,823 | 99 | -942 | -3,483 | -3,546 |
Capital account balance | -4 | -129 | -45 | -2 | -4 | -10 | -139 |
Financial account1, 2 | |||||||
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account | -20,019 | -18,056 | -10,178 | -10,553 | -17,989 | -55,422 | -63,807 |
Net acquisition of financial assets | 59,199 | 41,990 | 9,744 | 6,583 | 10,253 | 107,379 | 120,839 |
Canadian direct investment abroad | 25,008 | 15,357 | 5,590 | 7,401 | 20,655 | 51,602 | 55,401 |
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities | 8,907 | 16,973 | 6,680 | 3,764 | 5,294 | 18,331 | 35,141 |
Foreign debt securities | 2,712 | 12,307 | 2,495 | 5,633 | 3,138 | -7,924 | 11,933 |
Foreign money market instruments | 815 | -659 | 150 | 939 | 104 | -2,036 | -1,615 |
Foreign bonds | 1,897 | 12,966 | 2,345 | 4,694 | 3,033 | -5,888 | 13,548 |
Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 6,195 | 4,665 | 4,185 | -1,869 | 2,156 | 26,255 | 23,208 |
Official international reserves | 1,073 | 124 | 2,807 | -444 | 1,740 | 8,061 | 1,697 |
Other Canadian investment abroad | 24,212 | 9,537 | -5,332 | -4,138 | -17,436 | 29,386 | 28,600 |
Loans | 20,319 | -7,976 | 6,768 | -11,060 | 3,975 | 14,630 | 23,856 |
Currency and deposits | 1,238 | 1,707 | -3,326 | 9,296 | -18,336 | 28,172 | -402 |
Other assets | 2,655 | 15,807 | -8,774 | -2,374 | -3,075 | -13,416 | 5,146 |
Net incurrence of liabilities | 79,218 | 60,047 | 19,922 | 17,136 | 28,243 | 162,801 | 184,646 |
Foreign direct investment in Canada | 8,114 | 13,284 | 20,231 | 18,418 | 10,427 | 39,254 | 42,990 |
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities | 32,168 | 16,195 | 9,537 | 6,281 | 16,544 | 100,100 | 83,205 |
Canadian debt securities | 24,646 | 22,337 | 19,351 | -403 | 6,426 | 78,964 | 82,237 |
Canadian money market instruments | 4,862 | 5,915 | -5,996 | 8,871 | 3,546 | 32,021 | 13,255 |
Canadian bonds | 19,784 | 16,422 | 25,347 | -9,273 | 2,880 | 46,943 | 68,982 |
Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 7,522 | -6,142 | -9,814 | 6,684 | 10,119 | 21,136 | 968 |
Other foreign investment in Canada | 38,937 | 30,569 | -9,846 | -7,562 | 1,271 | 23,446 | 58,452 |
Loans | 8,689 | 2,921 | -1,484 | 2,798 | 662 | -1,361 | 5,731 |
Currency and deposits | 29,718 | 28,000 | -9,296 | -10,240 | 595 | 22,870 | 52,279 |
Special drawing rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other liabilities | 530 | -352 | 935 | -120 | 13 | 1,937 | 442 |
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) | -3,210 | -3,806 | 4,921 | 5,986 | -1,789 | -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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