Canada's current account balance (on a seasonal adjusted basis) recorded a $5.0 billion surplus in the first quarter of 2022 after posting a small deficit of $137 million in the previous quarter. This surplus, the highest in almost 14 years, was led by the largest goods surplus since the financial crisis of 2008.
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