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Table D.2 Current account
Empty cell Third quarter 2006 Fourth quarter 2006 First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 2006 2007
seasonally adjusted at quarterly rates, millions of dollars

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-XWE

Receipts

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Goods and services

131,187 132,338 136,420 135,893 132,059 128,318 522,926 532,690

Goods

114,294 115,506 119,566 118,839 115,425 111,403 455,696 465,232

Services

16,893 16,832 16,854 17,054 16,634 16,916 67,230 67,458

Travel

4,178 4,124 4,128 4,212 4,141 4,164 16,598 16,645

Transportation

3,049 3,111 3,199 3,167 3,054 3,065 12,129 12,486

Commercial services

9,224 9,140 9,065 9,220 8,995 9,217 36,708 36,496

Government services

443 457 462 456 445 469 1,795 1,832

Investment income

16,498 16,885 15,464 15,419 16,662 16,133 61,599 63,679

Direct investment

8,716 9,150 7,366 7,287 8,451 7,676 32,600 30,780

Interest

434 276 421 485 324 354 1,380 1,583

Profits

8,282 8,874 6,946 6,802 8,127 7,321 31,220 29,197

Portfolio investment

4,295 4,741 5,233 5,283 5,244 5,098 16,867 20,858

Interest

1,582 1,838 2,030 2,180 2,134 1,880 6,189 8,224

Dividends

2,712 2,903 3,203 3,103 3,111 3,217 10,679 12,634

Other investment

3,488 2,995 2,865 2,850 2,967 3,360 12,131 12,041

Current transfers

2,252 2,521 2,227 2,396 2,517 2,424 9,682 9,564

Private

673 623 735 640 673 608 2,680 2,656

Official

1,579 1,897 1,491 1,756 1,844 1,816 7,002 6,907

Total receipts

149,938 151,744 154,111 153,708 151,239 146,876 594,207 605,933

Payments

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Goods and services

123,701 124,297 126,335 124,769 126,620 124,786 486,789 502,509

Goods

102,968 103,175 105,333 103,205 105,007 102,054 404,395 415,599

Services

20,732 21,122 21,002 21,564 21,613 22,732 82,394 86,910

Travel

5,874 6,081 6,015 6,224 6,934 7,743 23,311 26,916

Transportation

4,823 5,058 5,034 5,072 4,914 5,197 19,194 20,217

Commercial services

9,779 9,726 9,703 10,013 9,508 9,535 38,865 38,758

Government services

255 256 250 255 257 257 1,024 1,019

Investment income

18,259 19,848 18,016 20,274 20,879 20,189 73,446 79,358

Direct investment

7,555 8,569 6,654 8,966 9,830 9,739 31,091 35,189

Interest

365 370 360 370 370 371 1,465 1,471

Profits

7,190 8,199 6,294 8,597 9,460 9,367 29,626 33,718

Portfolio investment

6,797 7,175 6,980 6,910 6,807 6,594 27,094 27,291

Interest

5,624 5,819 5,854 5,710 5,591 5,402 22,324 22,557

Dividends

1,173 1,355 1,126 1,200 1,216 1,192 4,770 4,734

Other investment

3,908 4,105 4,382 4,397 4,242 3,856 15,260 16,878

Current transfers

2,313 2,977 2,800 2,265 2,405 2,414 10,394 9,884

Private

1,417 2,129 1,905 1,417 1,413 1,462 6,913 6,197

Official

896 849 895 849 991 951 3,481 3,686

Total payments

144,273 147,123 147,151 147,308 149,903 147,389 570,629 591,751

Balances

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Goods and services

7,487 8,041 10,085 11,125 5,440 3,532 36,137 30,181

Goods

11,325 12,331 14,233 15,634 10,418 9,348 51,302 49,633

Services

-3,839 -4,290 -4,148 -4,510 -4,978 -5,816 -15,165 -19,452

Travel

-1,696 -1,957 -1,887 -2,012 -2,794 -3,578 -6,713 -10,271

Transportation

-1,775 -1,948 -1,835 -1,905 -1,860 -2,132 -7,065 -7,731

Commercial services

-556 -587 -638 -793 -513 -318 -2,157 -2,262

Government services

188 202 212 200 188 212 770 813

Investment income

-1,761 -2,963 -2,552 -4,855 -4,217 -4,056 -11,847 -15,678

Direct investment

1,161 581 712 -1,680 -1,379 -2,063 1,509 -4,410

Interest

69 -94 61 115 -47 -17 -85 112

Profits

1,092 674 652 -1,795 -1,333 -2,046 1,594 -4,521

Portfolio investment

-2,502 -2,434 -1,747 -1,627 -1,562 -1,496 -10,227 -6,432

Interest

-4,042 -3,982 -3,824 -3,530 -3,457 -3,521 -16,135 -14,333

Dividends

1,540 1,548 2,077 1,903 1,895 2,025 5,908 7,900

Other investment

-420 -1,110 -1,517 -1,548 -1,275 -496 -3,129 -4,836

Current transfers

-61 -457 -573 130 113 10 -712 -320

Private

-744 -1,505 -1,169 -777 -740 -855 -4,233 -3,541

Official

683 1,049 596 907 853 865 3,521 3,221

Current account

5,665 4,622 6,960 6,400 1,335 -513 23,578 14,183