Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 First quarter 2015 Second quarter 2015 2013 2014
  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 -11,272 -7,824 -11,383 -20,375 -17,733 -56,307 -41,595
Current account balances -11,270 -7,819 -11,368 -20,326 -17,731 -56,254 -41,480
Goods and services -5,848 -2,989 -5,769 -13,078 -13,215 -30,219 -17,999
Goods 687 821 -711 -5,574 -7,014 -7,221 4,999
Services -6,536 -3,810 -5,058 -7,504 -6,201 -22,997 -22,997
Primary income -5,203 -4,571 -5,808 -5,763 -4,441 -24,165 -21,842
Compensation of employees -531 -555 -518 -469 -528 -2,045 -2,076
Investment income -4,672 -4,016 -5,290 -5,294 -3,913 -22,120 -19,766
Direct investment 206 1,279 832 280 1,492 -735 1,723
Portfolio investment -5,043 -5,202 -5,228 -5,153 -5,207 -18,953 -20,342
Other investment 164 -93 -894 -421 -198 -2,432 -1,147
Secondary income -219 -259 209 -1,484 -75 -1,870 -1,639
Capital account balance -2 -4 -14 -50 -2 -53 -115
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -12,123 -7,123 -6,699 -22,356 -12,547 -55,693 -37,178
Net acquisition of financial assets 31,027 26,726 54,542 34,200 58,914 76,845 140,797
Canadian direct investment abroad 6,684 12,309 34,706 16,305 36,930 52,042 63,014
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 5,828 18,004 16,052 -4,631 24,160 29,310 56,428
Foreign debt securities -2,647 7,797 9,639 -955 10,993 23,008 20,622
Foreign money market instruments 1,533 -2,248 774 -50 532 1,586 -88
Foreign bonds -4,180 10,044 8,865 -905 10,461 21,421 20,709
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 8,475 10,207 6,412 -3,676 13,166 6,302 35,806
Official international reserves -867 -137 2,161 6,585 -1,917 4,868 5,854
Other Canadian investment abroad 19,383 -3,450 1,624 15,941 -258 -9,376 15,501
Loans 11,987 7,034 7,355 12,980 -1,533 -419 26,316
Currency and deposits 3,882 -9,550 -3,701 -1,539 705 824 -8,357
Other assets 3,514 -935 -2,030 4,500 569 -9,781 -2,458
Net incurrence of liabilities 43,150 33,849 61,241 56,557 71,461 132,537 177,975
Foreign direct investment in Canada 12,741 15,785 20,390 8,754 20,424 72,668 63,383
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 31,400 20,530 261 37,162 19,779 43,087 60,175
Canadian debt securities 22,032 8,676 3,727 27,712 16,257 24,191 34,959
Canadian money market instruments 7,206 -3,194 -1,615 -13,262 19,617 -2,521 -2,755
Canadian bonds 14,826 11,870 5,341 40,974 -3,360 26,712 37,715
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 9,369 11,854 -3,466 9,450 3,522 18,896 25,216
Other foreign investment in Canada -991 -2,466 40,590 10,641 31,259 16,782 54,417
Loans -1,879 1,293 6,712 265 7,549 2,598 2,851
Currency and deposits 950 -4,116 33,119 9,801 23,306 14,549 49,155
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities -63 357 759 575 403 -365 2,411
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -851 701 4,684 -1,981 5,186 614 4,417
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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