Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2015 Third quarter 2015 Fourth quarter 2015 First quarter 2016 Second quarter 2016 2014 2015
  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 -15,690 -14,906 -13,258 -18,733 -21,228 -44,495 -62,736
Current account balances -15,688 -14,904 -13,256 -18,680 -21,226 -44,893 -62,630
Goods and services -13,237 -11,220 -8,675 -12,577 -17,821 -18,616 -45,811
Goods -6,529 -7,565 -3,623 -5,029 -11,897 4,791 -22,460
Services -6,709 -3,655 -5,052 -7,548 -5,924 -23,407 -23,351
Primary income -2,296 -3,424 -3,818 -4,225 -3,491 -23,664 -13,534
Compensation of employees -470 -452 -403 -370 -431 -2,036 -1,736
Investment income -1,826 -2,972 -3,415 -3,855 -3,061 -21,627 -11,798
Direct investment 3,814 3,082 1,687 2,319 2,100 -7 10,671
Portfolio investment -5,473 -5,537 -5,208 -5,302 -5,035 -20,779 -21,728
Other investment -167 -517 106 -873 -126 -841 -741
Secondary income -155 -260 -763 -1,878 86 -2,614 -3,285
Capital account balance -2 -2 -2 -53 -2 398 -106
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -14,614 -13,352 -7,748 -17,690 -18,698 -43,195 -56,568
Net acquisition of financial assets 53,004 47,458 63,127 8,827 69,053 147,881 201,331
Direct investment assets 40,710 34,182 9,788 16,208 17,132 69,424 102,784
Direct investment assets, equity 30,943 16,143 17,460 15,451 15,189 64,412 81,409
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 9,767 18,039 -7,671 757 1,943 5,012 21,375
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 25,216 2,112 37,021 -8,868 13,687 56,428 60,236
Foreign debt securities 10,642 1,798 22,946 5,154 1,642 20,622 34,873
Foreign money market instruments 532 -1,654 -268 -1,182 11 -88 -1,441
Foreign bonds 10,110 3,452 23,215 6,337 1,631 20,709 36,314
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 14,574 314 14,074 -14,022 12,045 35,806 25,363
Official international reserves -1,917 2,663 3,580 1,553 2,552 5,854 10,911
Other Canadian investment abroad -11,004 8,500 12,738 -66 35,681 16,175 27,400
Loans -769 11,165 -2,544 13,278 2,886 26,316 20,735
Currency and deposits -7,486 4,137 11,392 -7,394 27,972 -8,247 5,425
Trade credits and advances -35 22 214 19 -140 -410 438
Other accounts receivable -2,714 -6,824 3,676 -5,968 4,964 -1,484 802
Net incurrence of liabilities 67,618 60,811 70,875 26,517 87,750 191,075 257,899
Direct investment liabilities 27,040 35,708 165 10,457 13,350 72,542 70,743
Direct investment liabilities, equity 23,467 29,278 19,711 6,090 11,014 68,115 76,873
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 3,573 6,430 -19,546 4,367 2,336 4,427 -6,130
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 29,531 -960 18,022 42,784 37,649 75,388 92,942
Canadian debt securities 24,618 8,326 8,689 32,598 21,623 50,172 78,517
Canadian money market instruments 19,617 -4,421 4,124 3,881 1,629 -2,755 6,058
Canadian bonds 5,002 12,747 4,565 28,717 19,993 52,928 72,459
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 4,913 -9,286 9,333 10,186 16,027 25,216 14,425
Other foreign investment in Canada 11,047 26,063 52,688 -26,724 36,751 43,146 94,214
Loans 7,902 2,772 1,605 2,009 3,253 2,552 11,947
Currency and deposits 3,094 22,748 50,451 -29,016 33,030 38,205 80,474
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances -159 286 448 110 234 1,730 961
Other accounts payable 210 258 184 174 233 659 833
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 1,076 1,554 5,510 1,043 2,531 1,300 6,168
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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