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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013 Fourth quarter 2013 2012 2013
  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 -14,251 -15,068 -16,435 -14,645 -14,602 -62,354 -60,751
Current account balances -14,121 -15,023 -16,434 -14,641 -14,600 -62,215 -60,698
Goods and services -6,978 -7,043 -9,550 -8,347 -6,938 -36,221 -31,879
Goods -1,403 776 -2,563 -3,895 -1,649 -12,016 -7,331
Services -5,575 -7,819 -6,987 -4,452 -5,290 -24,205 -24,547
Primary income -6,748 -6,153 -6,995 -5,321 -7,462 -22,448 -25,930
Compensation of employees -513 -514 -541 -558 -532 -2,037 -2,145
Investment income -6,235 -5,639 -6,454 -4,763 -6,930 -20,411 -23,785
Direct investment -738 -47 -638 374 -1,266 260 -1,577
Portfolio investment -4,955 -4,817 -4,958 -4,964 -5,002 -19,172 -19,740
Other investment -542 -775 -857 -173 -662 -1,500 -2,468
Secondary income -396 -1,827 111 -973 -200 -3,546 -2,889
Capital account balance -129 -45 -2 -4 -2 -139 -53
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -18,056 -10,559 -11,939 -15,958 -19,872 -63,807 -58,328
Net acquisition of financial assets 41,990 9,830 6,553 14,843 34,648 120,839 65,875
Canadian direct investment abroad 15,357 5,722 7,088 23,223 7,874 55,401 43,907
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 16,973 6,680 3,764 5,460 11,284 35,141 27,188
Foreign debt securities 12,307 2,495 5,633 3,322 11,579 11,933 23,028
Foreign money market instruments -659 150 939 104 393 -1,615 1,586
Foreign bonds 12,966 2,345 4,694 3,218 11,185 13,548 21,442
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 4,665 4,185 -1,869 2,138 -295 23,208 4,159
Official international reserves 124 2,807 -444 1,740 766 1,697 4,868
Other Canadian investment abroad 9,537 -5,379 -3,855 -15,580 14,725 28,600 -10,089
Loans -7,976 6,766 -10,953 4,582 -1,402 23,856 -1,007
Currency and deposits 1,707 -3,417 9,608 -17,841 11,588 -402 -62
Other assets 15,807 -8,728 -2,509 -2,321 4,539 5,146 -9,019
Net incurrence of liabilities 60,047 20,389 18,492 30,801 54,521 184,646 124,203
Foreign direct investment in Canada 13,284 21,133 20,643 11,976 10,430 42,990 64,182
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 16,195 9,547 6,272 17,744 9,226 83,205 42,789
Canadian debt securities 22,337 19,361 -412 7,701 -2,748 82,237 23,903
Canadian money market instruments 5,915 -5,996 8,871 3,546 -8,942 13,255 -2,521
Canadian bonds 16,422 25,357 -9,283 4,155 6,194 68,982 26,423
Canadian equity and investment fund shares -6,142 -9,814 6,684 10,043 11,973 968 18,886
Other foreign investment in Canada 30,569 -10,291 -8,423 1,080 34,865 58,452 17,232
Loans 2,921 -1,484 2,364 1,097 2,945 5,731 4,922
Currency and deposits 28,000 -9,296 -10,240 515 31,902 52,279 12,880
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities -352 490 -547 -531 19 442 -570
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -3,806 4,508 4,497 -1,312 -5,270 -1,453 2,423

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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