Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2015 Fourth quarter 2015 First quarter 2016 Second quarter 2016 Third 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 -16,236 -13,814 -18,603 -20,575 -18,435 -47,808 -67,659
Current account balances -16,234 -13,812 -18,552 -20,575 -18,395 -48,206 -67,552
Goods and services -11,792 -9,063 -12,805 -18,272 -13,943 -20,277 -47,457
Goods -7,620 -3,817 -5,100 -12,377 -10,600 3,850 -23,002
Services -4,172 -5,246 -7,705 -5,896 -3,343 -24,126 -24,455
Primary income -4,003 -3,801 -3,787 -2,312 -4,001 -24,647 -16,489
Compensation of employees -506 -460 -423 -496 -483 -2,261 -1,960
Investment income -3,497 -3,341 -3,364 -1,815 -3,518 -22,386 -14,529
Direct investment 2,606 1,861 2,810 3,235 1,896 -502 8,643
Portfolio investment -5,684 -5,395 -5,471 -5,145 -5,381 -21,148 -22,329
Other investment -419 193 -703 94 -33 -736 -844
Secondary income -439 -948 -1,960 9 -452 -3,283 -3,606
Capital account balance -2 -2 -51 0 -40 398 -106
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -13,978 -12,640 -17,395 -15,806 -14,437 -48,118 -68,275
Net acquisition of financial assets 47,563 63,999 11,042 73,967 43,046 151,459 201,722
Direct investment assets 33,637 9,986 16,903 14,332 24,408 72,759 102,158
Direct investment assets, equity 15,806 17,233 16,156 19,025 23,407 66,865 80,604
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 17,831 -7,246 747 -4,693 1,001 5,894 21,554
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 2,112 37,021 -8,774 13,812 7,996 56,428 60,236
Foreign debt securities 1,798 22,946 5,204 1,676 -3,705 20,622 34,873
Foreign money market instruments -1,654 -268 -1,182 11 695 -88 -1,441
Foreign bonds 3,452 23,215 6,387 1,665 -4,399 20,709 36,314
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 314 14,074 -13,978 12,135 11,701 35,806 25,363
Official international reserves 2,663 3,580 1,553 2,552 1,464 5,854 10,911
Other Canadian investment abroad 9,150 13,413 1,360 43,270 9,178 16,419 28,417
Loans 11,665 -1,635 13,276 2,778 4,532 26,304 22,644
Currency and deposits 4,164 11,157 -3,495 35,467 4,144 -8,368 4,235
Trade credits and advances 4 73 23 -116 43 -76 173
Other accounts receivable -6,684 3,817 -8,444 5,141 459 -1,441 1,365
Net incurrence of liabilities 61,540 76,640 28,437 89,773 57,483 199,576 269,997
Direct investment liabilities 35,204 318 10,286 12,937 7,030 71,205 69,508
Direct investment liabilities, equity 29,000 19,440 5,851 8,765 10,696 67,996 76,364
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 6,204 -19,121 4,436 4,173 -3,666 3,209 -6,857
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 100 23,655 44,736 41,568 33,617 85,418 106,024
Canadian debt securities 9,385 14,322 34,506 25,566 23,444 60,202 91,599
Canadian money market instruments -4,421 4,124 3,881 1,642 -7,143 -2,755 6,058
Canadian bonds 13,807 10,198 30,625 23,924 30,587 62,958 85,542
Canadian equity and investment fund shares -9,286 9,333 10,230 16,001 10,173 25,216 14,425
Other foreign investment in Canada 26,237 52,666 -26,586 35,268 16,836 42,953 94,466
Loans 2,772 1,666 1,938 2,426 -3,974 1,839 12,009
Currency and deposits 22,748 50,451 -28,994 32,980 20,589 38,205 80,474
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 401 306 238 -430 -95 1,789 915
Other accounts payable 317 243 232 292 317 1,121 1,068
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 2,258 1,174 1,208 4,769 3,998 -310 -616
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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