Table 1
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
Second quarter 2016 | Third quarter 2016 | Fourth quarter 2016 | First quarter 2017 | Second quarter 2017 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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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 | -20,645 | -18,717 | -8,075 | -14,923 | -19,024 | -67,659 | -67,059 |
Current account balances | -20,645 | -18,677 | -8,075 | -14,872 | -19,024 | -67,552 | -66,968 |
Goods and services | -18,856 | -14,169 | -1,721 | -8,581 | -13,721 | -47,457 | -48,049 |
Goods | -12,676 | -10,941 | 2,905 | -338 | -7,673 | -23,002 | -26,000 |
Services | -6,179 | -3,228 | -4,626 | -8,243 | -6,048 | -24,455 | -22,050 |
Primary income | -1,806 | -4,040 | -5,742 | -4,819 | -4,963 | -16,489 | -15,789 |
Compensation of employees | -503 | -492 | -451 | -428 | -481 | -1,960 | -1,876 |
Investment income | -1,303 | -3,547 | -5,291 | -4,391 | -4,481 | -14,529 | -13,913 |
Direct investment | 4,100 | 2,329 | 794 | 2,452 | 2,861 | 8,643 | 9,883 |
Portfolio investment | -5,327 | -5,596 | -5,825 | -5,908 | -6,469 | -22,329 | -22,400 |
Other investment | -76 | -281 | -260 | -935 | -873 | -844 | -1,397 |
Secondary income | 17 | -469 | -612 | -1,471 | -340 | -3,606 | -3,131 |
Capital account balance | 0 | -40 | 0 | -51 | 0 | -106 | -91 |
Financial account1,2 | |||||||
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account | -17,883 | -14,026 | -13,511 | -15,268 | -12,553 | -68,275 | -63,369 |
Net acquisition of financial assets | 74,599 | 44,628 | 64,888 | 60,828 | 28,730 | 201,722 | 199,146 |
Direct investment assets | 13,502 | 25,753 | 33,344 | 49,713 | 22,364 | 102,158 | 89,283 |
Direct investment assets, equity | 18,960 | 24,736 | 32,159 | 49,837 | 23,233 | 80,604 | 91,295 |
Direct investment assets, debt instruments | -5,458 | 1,018 | 1,186 | -124 | -870 | 21,554 | -2,013 |
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities | 13,812 | 8,008 | 747 | 31,817 | 7,538 | 60,236 | 13,792 |
Foreign debt securities | 1,676 | -3,705 | -9,390 | 5,617 | -320 | 34,873 | -6,214 |
Foreign money market instruments | 11 | 695 | -1,128 | 2,370 | 760 | -1,441 | -1,604 |
Foreign bonds | 1,665 | -4,399 | -8,262 | 3,247 | -1,080 | 36,314 | -4,610 |
Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 12,135 | 11,713 | 10,137 | 26,200 | 7,858 | 25,363 | 20,006 |
Official international reserves | 2,552 | 1,464 | 1,912 | -807 | 782 | 10,911 | 7,481 |
Other Canadian investment abroad | 44,733 | 9,403 | 28,884 | -19,894 | -1,953 | 28,417 | 88,590 |
Loans | 2,455 | 334 | -5,640 | 11,636 | -9,373 | 22,644 | 10,030 |
Currency and deposits | 37,366 | 5,970 | 13,814 | -29,590 | 6,963 | 4,235 | 58,191 |
Trade credits and advances | -254 | -96 | 1,088 | -351 | 6 | 173 | 819 |
Other accounts receivable | 5,167 | 3,195 | 19,623 | -1,588 | 451 | 1,365 | 19,549 |
Net incurrence of liabilities | 92,482 | 58,655 | 78,399 | 76,096 | 41,283 | 269,997 | 262,515 |
Direct investment liabilities | 12,621 | 7,985 | 11,537 | 11,576 | 223 | 69,508 | 42,507 |
Direct investment liabilities, equity | 8,568 | 13,828 | 14,040 | 10,751 | 8,248 | 76,364 | 42,470 |
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments | 4,052 | -5,843 | -2,503 | 825 | -8,025 | -6,857 | 37 |
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities | 43,131 | 39,667 | 33,516 | 60,493 | 39,120 | 106,024 | 165,726 |
Canadian debt securities | 27,130 | 29,494 | 16,546 | 22,521 | 31,505 | 91,599 | 112,352 |
Canadian money market instruments | 1,642 | -7,143 | 4,727 | -3,903 | 285 | 6,058 | 3,107 |
Canadian bonds | 25,487 | 36,637 | 11,819 | 26,424 | 31,220 | 85,542 | 109,245 |
Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 16,001 | 10,173 | 16,970 | 37,972 | 7,615 | 14,425 | 53,374 |
Other foreign investment in Canada | 36,730 | 11,002 | 33,346 | 4,027 | 1,940 | 94,466 | 54,282 |
Loans | 2,412 | -3,468 | 10,500 | 3,134 | 2,905 | 12,009 | 11,516 |
Currency and deposits | 34,521 | 14,033 | 22,841 | 816 | -1,603 | 80,474 | 42,079 |
Special drawing rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trade credits and advances | -521 | 45 | -236 | -165 | 271 | 915 | -483 |
Other accounts payable | 317 | 392 | 242 | 242 | 366 | 1,068 | 1,170 |
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) | 2,762 | 4,690 | -5,437 | -345 | 6,471 | -616 | 3,691 |
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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