Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2016 Fourth quarter 2016 First quarter 2017 Second quarter 2017 Third quarter 2017 2015 2016
  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 -17,740 -7,159 -15,195 -17,182 -19,535 -71,632 -65,463
Current account balances -17,700 -7,159 -15,144 -17,182 -19,511 -71,526 -65,372
Goods and services -14,387 -2,242 -9,192 -13,814 -15,576 -49,308 -49,184
Goods -10,873 2,875 -194 -7,303 -11,844 -23,735 -25,871
Services -3,514 -5,118 -8,999 -6,511 -3,733 -25,574 -23,313
Primary income -2,763 -4,189 -4,607 -2,979 -3,276 -18,242 -12,677
Compensation of employees -530 -489 -469 -522 -519 -2,104 -2,025
Investment income -2,232 -3,700 -4,138 -2,456 -2,757 -16,138 -10,652
Direct investment 3,488 2,149 2,494 4,581 4,209 7,092 12,648
Portfolio investment -5,387 -5,494 -5,677 -6,279 -6,355 -22,165 -21,709
Other investment -334 -355 -956 -759 -611 -1,065 -1,591
Secondary income -551 -728 -1,344 -389 -658 -3,975 -3,511
Capital account balance -40 0 -51 0 -25 -106 -91
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -14,981 -11,603 -14,593 -12,420 -14,316 -73,969 -68,194
Net acquisition of financial assets 44,243 66,160 63,105 29,386 19,027 211,306 198,714
Direct investment assets 26,494 34,119 47,620 18,504 21,581 106,859 93,850
Direct investment assets, equity 25,489 34,093 47,621 19,906 20,573 82,430 95,293
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 1,005 26 0 -1,402 1,009 24,428 -1,443
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 8,008 747 31,878 7,774 12,014 60,236 13,792
Foreign debt securities -3,705 -9,390 5,609 -228 6,620 34,873 -6,214
Foreign money market instruments 695 -1,128 2,362 851 767 -1,441 -1,604
Foreign bonds -4,399 -8,262 3,247 -1,080 5,853 36,314 -4,610
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 11,713 10,137 26,269 8,002 5,394 25,363 20,006
Official international reserves 1,464 1,912 -807 782 -1,590 10,933 7,481
Other Canadian investment abroad 8,277 29,381 -15,586 2,326 -12,979 33,278 83,591
Loans 334 -5,641 11,796 -8,802 -3,176 22,639 10,030
Currency and deposits 4,897 14,623 -26,003 11,750 -15,144 9,102 52,939
Trade credits and advances -421 505 -45 -81 -139 126 -13
Other accounts receivable 3,467 19,894 -1,334 -541 5,480 1,411 20,636
Net incurrence of liabilities 59,224 77,763 77,698 41,806 33,343 285,275 266,909
Direct investment liabilities 7,966 13,478 11,807 -744 9,763 78,442 45,793
Direct investment liabilities, equity 13,705 18,585 11,332 6,818 8,964 81,853 48,210
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments -5,739 -5,107 475 -7,562 799 -3,411 -2,417
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 41,318 33,319 60,834 39,493 51,589 117,527 171,766
Canadian debt securities 31,131 16,662 22,404 31,661 45,554 104,881 119,290
Canadian money market instruments -7,143 4,727 -3,896 312 -6,033 6,058 3,107
Canadian bonds 38,274 11,935 26,301 31,348 51,587 98,823 116,183
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 10,187 16,657 38,430 7,833 6,036 12,646 52,476
Other foreign investment in Canada 9,940 30,965 5,057 3,057 -28,009 89,307 49,350
Loans -3,438 7,810 3,783 3,526 -2,995 8,740 6,750
Currency and deposits 12,632 22,841 871 -1,457 -25,490 76,731 40,679
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 45 -237 -148 312 -200 2,764 -483
Other accounts payable 701 551 551 676 676 1,071 2,405
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 2,759 -4,444 602 4,762 5,219 -2,337 -2,731
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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