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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2012 Third quarter 2012 Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 2011 2012
  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 -16,192 -16,809 -14,251 -14,246 -15,960 -48,476 -62,354
Current account balances -16,191 -16,805 -14,121 -14,201 -15,959 -48,466 -62,215
Goods and services -10,549 -11,793 -6,978 -7,011 -10,838 -21,866 -36,221
Goods -4,010 -7,130 -1,403 452 -4,089 753 -12,016
Services -6,539 -4,662 -5,575 -7,463 -6,749 -22,618 -24,205
Primary income -5,164 -4,112 -6,748 -5,305 -4,927 -23,117 -22,448
Compensation of employees -511 -531 -513 -511 -546 -1,962 -2,037
Investment income -4,654 -3,581 -6,235 -4,793 -4,382 -21,155 -20,411
Direct investment 326 1,328 -738 705 1,150 -798 260
Portfolio investment -4,652 -4,867 -4,955 -4,804 -4,948 -19,269 -19,172
Other investment -328 -41 -542 -695 -583 -1,088 -1,500
Secondary income -478 -900 -396 -1,885 -193 -3,483 -3,546
Capital account balance -2 -4 -129 -45 -2 -10 -139
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -11,422 -20,019 -18,056 -9,541 -10,220 -55,422 -63,807
Net acquisition of financial assets 7,763 59,199 41,990 9,774 1,108 107,379 120,839
Canadian direct investment abroad 5,227 25,008 15,357 5,242 4,065 51,602 55,401
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 2,814 8,907 16,973 6,680 3,765 18,331 35,141
Foreign debt securities 490 2,712 12,307 2,495 5,616 -7,924 11,933
Foreign money market instruments -1,205 815 -659 150 939 -2,036 -1,615
Foreign bonds 1,695 1,897 12,966 2,345 4,677 -5,888 13,548
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 2,324 6,195 4,665 4,185 -1,851 26,255 23,208
Official international reserves -2,464 1,073 124 2,807 -444 8,061 1,697
Other Canadian investment abroad 2,187 24,212 9,537 -4,955 -6,278 29,386 28,600
Loans 7,984 20,319 -7,976 6,760 -11,113 14,630 23,856
Currency and deposits 5,480 1,238 1,707 -2,891 7,302 28,172 -402
Other assets -11,277 2,655 15,807 -8,823 -2,467 -13,416 5,146
Net incurrence of liabilities 19,186 79,218 60,047 19,316 11,328 162,801 184,646
Foreign direct investment in Canada 5,096 8,114 13,284 19,629 11,775 39,254 42,990
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 28,768 32,168 16,195 9,537 6,302 100,100 83,205
Canadian debt securities 28,525 24,646 22,337 19,351 -353 78,964 82,237
Canadian money market instruments 10,237 4,862 5,915 -5,996 8,871 32,021 13,255
Canadian bonds 18,288 19,784 16,422 25,347 -9,223 46,943 68,982
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 243 7,522 -6,142 -9,814 6,654 21,136 968
Other foreign investment in Canada -14,678 38,937 30,569 -9,851 -6,749 23,446 58,452
Loans -4,552 8,689 2,921 -1,494 3,776 -1,361 5,731
Currency and deposits -10,100 29,718 28,000 -9,231 -10,211 22,870 52,279
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities -26 530 -352 874 -314 1,937 442
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 4,770 -3,210 -3,806 4,704 5,740 -6,946 -1,453

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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