Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2017 Second quarter 2017 Third quarter 2017 Fourth quarter 2017 First quarter 2018 2016 2017
  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 -14,846 -17,258 -18,949 -12,290 -20,318 -65,463 -63,343
Current account balances -14,795 -17,258 -18,925 -12,290 -20,267 -65,372 -63,268
Goods and services -8,773 -13,741 -16,002 -10,280 -14,317 -49,184 -48,796
Goods -193 -7,329 -12,044 -4,389 -5,703 -25,871 -23,955
Services -8,580 -6,412 -3,958 -5,890 -8,614 -23,313 -24,841
Primary income -4,638 -3,092 -2,378 -1,590 -4,581 -12,677 -11,698
Compensation of employees -460 -520 -536 -507 -474 -2,025 -2,023
Investment income -4,178 -2,572 -1,842 -1,083 -4,107 -10,652 -9,675
Direct investment 2,462 4,501 5,150 6,119 3,713 12,648 18,232
Portfolio investment -5,721 -6,319 -6,470 -6,861 -6,763 -21,709 -25,372
Other investment -918 -754 -521 -341 -1,057 -1,591 -2,534
Secondary income -1,384 -425 -545 -421 -1,368 -3,511 -2,774
Capital account balance -51 0 -25 0 -51 -91 -76
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -14,473 -11,877 -16,723 -8,889 -14,022 -68,194 -51,962
Net acquisition of financial assets 61,664 28,837 28,288 111,606 -3,595 198,714 230,395
Direct investment assets 46,828 18,371 18,951 21,615 6,053 93,850 105,765
Direct investment assets, equity 47,215 19,550 17,748 20,549 5,697 95,293 105,061
Direct investment assets, debt instruments -387 -1,179 1,203 1,066 356 -1,443 704
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 31,878 7,774 11,350 33,656 20,015 13,792 84,658
Foreign debt securities 5,609 -228 6,620 4,029 11,885 -6,214 16,030
Foreign money market instruments 2,362 851 767 -215 1,376 -1,604 3,765
Foreign bonds 3,247 -1,080 5,853 4,244 10,508 -4,610 12,265
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 26,269 8,002 4,730 29,627 8,130 20,006 68,629
Official international reserves -807 782 -1,590 2,669 -5,101 7,481 1,053
Other Canadian investment abroad -16,235 1,910 -424 53,667 -24,561 83,591 38,918
Loans 11,796 -8,802 -1,813 18,874 6,820 10,030 20,056
Currency and deposits -26,080 10,679 -4,870 25,627 -20,141 52,939 5,357
Trade credits and advances -617 574 786 -103 161 -13 640
Other accounts receivable -1,334 -541 5,474 9,268 -11,401 20,636 12,866
Net incurrence of liabilities 76,136 40,714 45,011 120,495 10,427 266,909 282,357
Direct investment liabilities 12,062 -240 14,119 9,292 17,792 45,793 35,233
Direct investment liabilities, equity 11,422 6,944 9,436 10,200 14,753 48,210 38,002
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 640 -7,183 4,682 -909 3,039 -2,417 -2,769
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 59,381 38,831 49,829 41,768 18,336 171,766 189,809
Canadian debt securities 21,259 29,847 44,205 37,744 12,244 119,290 133,055
Canadian money market instruments -4,247 663 -4,698 -3,814 15,352 3,107 -12,097
Canadian bonds 25,507 29,184 48,903 41,558 -3,108 116,183 145,152
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 38,122 8,984 5,624 4,024 6,092 52,476 56,754
Other foreign investment in Canada 4,693 2,123 -18,937 69,435 -25,700 49,350 57,315
Loans 3,394 2,522 -1,403 7,646 1,958 6,750 12,159
Currency and deposits 871 -1,448 -17,998 61,114 -28,355 40,679 42,539
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances -148 299 -286 -176 -53 -483 -310
Other accounts payable 575 750 751 850 749 2,405 2,927
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 373 5,380 2,227 3,401 6,296 -2,731 11,381
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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