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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 2013 2014
  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 -13,596 -11,055 -11,500 -9,305 -11,665 -56,307 -43,525
Current account balances -13,594 -11,051 -11,498 -9,300 -11,650 -56,254 -43,500
Goods and services -6,209 -3,359 -5,851 -3,154 -5,488 -30,219 -17,852
Goods -1,291 4,264 695 683 -749 -7,221 4,894
Services -4,918 -7,623 -6,547 -3,837 -4,740 -22,997 -22,746
Primary income -7,798 -6,308 -5,398 -5,743 -6,792 -24,165 -24,241
Compensation of employees -515 -473 -533 -556 -520 -2,045 -2,082
Investment income -7,283 -5,835 -4,865 -5,187 -6,272 -22,120 -22,159
Direct investment -1,379 -656 -35 -42 224 -735 -509
Portfolio investment -4,888 -4,841 -5,013 -5,172 -5,196 -18,953 -20,222
Other investment -1,016 -338 183 27 -1,299 -2,432 -1,428
Secondary income 413 -1,384 -249 -404 630 -1,870 -1,407
Capital account balance -2 -4 -2 -4 -14 -53 -25
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -18,315 -10,072 -12,587 -7,152 -6,827 -55,693 -36,639
Net acquisition of financial assets 41,516 27,980 30,100 26,450 51,033 76,845 135,564
Canadian direct investment abroad 12,768 8,851 5,833 11,777 31,742 52,042 58,203
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 12,138 16,544 5,828 17,963 16,024 29,310 56,359
Foreign debt securities 11,558 5,833 -2,647 7,786 9,648 23,008 20,619
Foreign money market instruments 393 -147 1,533 -2,248 774 1,586 -88
Foreign bonds 11,165 5,980 -4,180 10,033 8,873 21,421 20,707
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 580 10,711 8,475 10,178 6,376 6,302 35,740
Official international reserves 766 4,696 -867 -137 2,161 4,868 5,854
Other Canadian investment abroad 15,845 -2,112 19,307 -3,154 1,106 -9,376 15,147
Loans -436 -61 11,988 7,083 7,120 -419 26,130
Currency and deposits 12,503 950 3,798 -9,487 -4,246 824 -8,986
Other assets 3,777 -3,000 3,521 -749 -1,767 -9,781 -1,996
Net incurrence of liabilities 59,831 38,052 42,688 33,602 57,861 132,537 172,203
Foreign direct investment in Canada 16,562 13,414 12,182 16,293 17,690 72,668 59,579
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 9,251 7,973 31,411 20,127 282 43,087 59,793
Canadian debt securities -2,732 514 22,043 8,275 3,745 24,191 34,577
Canadian money market instruments -8,942 -5,152 7,206 -3,194 -1,606 -2,521 -2,747
Canadian bonds 6,210 5,666 14,837 11,469 5,351 26,712 37,324
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 11,983 7,459 9,369 11,852 -3,463 18,896 25,216
Other foreign investment in Canada 34,017 16,665 -906 -2,818 39,889 16,782 52,830
Loans 664 -3,938 -1,839 1,139 6,473 2,598 1,834
Currency and deposits 33,581 19,202 950 -4,116 33,119 14,549 49,155
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities -228 1,402 -18 160 297 -365 1,841
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -4,719 983 -1,087 2,153 4,837 614 6,886
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 376-0101, 376-0102, 376-0103 and 376-0104.

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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