Table 1
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
| Fourth quarter 2016 | First quarter 2017 | Second quarter 2017 | Third quarter 2017 | Fourth quarter 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Capital account and current account | |||||||
| Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account | -7,159 | -15,034 | -17,375 | -19,476 | -12,119 | -65,463 | -64,005 |
| Current account balances | -7,159 | -14,983 | -17,375 | -19,452 | -12,119 | -65,372 | -63,929 |
| Goods and services | -2,242 | -8,822 | -13,888 | -16,154 | -10,119 | -49,184 | -48,983 |
| Goods | 2,875 | -200 | -7,310 | -12,082 | -4,302 | -25,871 | -23,894 |
| Services | -5,118 | -8,622 | -6,578 | -4,072 | -5,816 | -23,313 | -25,089 |
| Primary income | -4,189 | -4,781 | -3,061 | -2,760 | -1,573 | -12,677 | -12,175 |
| Compensation of employees | -489 | -460 | -520 | -535 | -492 | -2,025 | -2,007 |
| Investment income | -3,700 | -4,321 | -2,541 | -2,225 | -1,081 | -10,652 | -10,168 |
| Direct investment | 2,149 | 2,256 | 4,455 | 4,673 | 5,901 | 12,648 | 17,285 |
| Portfolio investment | -5,494 | -5,669 | -6,264 | -6,417 | -6,737 | -21,709 | -25,086 |
| Other investment | -355 | -909 | -732 | -482 | -244 | -1,591 | -2,367 |
| Secondary income | -728 | -1,380 | -426 | -537 | -428 | -3,511 | -2,771 |
| Capital account balance | 0 | -51 | 0 | -25 | 0 | -91 | -76 |
| Financial account1,2 | |||||||
| Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account | -11,603 | -15,652 | -12,197 | -18,946 | -9,668 | -68,194 | -56,464 |
| Net acquisition of financial assets | 66,160 | 61,466 | 28,507 | 27,520 | 106,431 | 198,714 | 223,924 |
| Direct investment assets | 34,119 | 46,639 | 18,029 | 18,221 | 19,383 | 93,850 | 102,272 |
| Direct investment assets, equity | 34,093 | 47,185 | 19,560 | 17,253 | 18,291 | 95,293 | 102,289 |
| Direct investment assets, debt instruments | 26 | -546 | -1,531 | 969 | 1,092 | -1,443 | -17 |
| Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities | 747 | 31,878 | 7,774 | 11,350 | 33,656 | 13,792 | 84,658 |
| Foreign debt securities | -9,390 | 5,609 | -228 | 6,620 | 4,029 | -6,214 | 16,030 |
| Foreign money market instruments | -1,128 | 2,362 | 851 | 767 | -215 | -1,604 | 3,765 |
| Foreign bonds | -8,262 | 3,247 | -1,080 | 5,853 | 4,244 | -4,610 | 12,265 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 10,137 | 26,269 | 8,002 | 4,730 | 29,627 | 20,006 | 68,629 |
| Official international reserves | 1,912 | -807 | 782 | -1,590 | 2,669 | 7,481 | 1,053 |
| Other Canadian investment abroad | 29,381 | -16,243 | 1,922 | -462 | 50,723 | 83,591 | 35,940 |
| Loans | -5,641 | 11,796 | -8,802 | -1,813 | 18,987 | 10,030 | 20,168 |
| Currency and deposits | 14,623 | -26,088 | 10,691 | -4,908 | 20,746 | 52,939 | 441 |
| Trade credits and advances | 505 | -617 | 574 | 785 | -102 | -13 | 640 |
| Other accounts receivable | 19,894 | -1,334 | -541 | 5,474 | 11,092 | 20,636 | 14,691 |
| Net incurrence of liabilities | 77,763 | 77,118 | 40,704 | 46,466 | 116,099 | 266,909 | 280,388 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 13,478 | 11,991 | -277 | 13,777 | 8,333 | 45,793 | 33,824 |
| Direct investment liabilities, equity | 18,585 | 11,422 | 6,944 | 9,085 | 8,383 | 48,210 | 35,833 |
| Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments | -5,107 | 569 | -7,221 | 4,693 | -50 | -2,417 | -2,009 |
| Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities | 33,319 | 60,574 | 38,918 | 51,117 | 37,915 | 171,766 | 188,523 |
| Canadian debt securities | 16,662 | 22,438 | 29,928 | 45,503 | 35,047 | 119,290 | 132,916 |
| Canadian money market instruments | 4,727 | -3,896 | 312 | -6,033 | -6,110 | 3,107 | -15,727 |
| Canadian bonds | 11,935 | 26,335 | 29,616 | 51,536 | 41,157 | 116,183 | 148,643 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 16,657 | 38,136 | 8,989 | 5,614 | 2,868 | 52,476 | 55,607 |
| Other foreign investment in Canada | 30,965 | 4,553 | 2,063 | -18,428 | 69,851 | 49,350 | 58,040 |
| Loans | 7,810 | 3,279 | 2,525 | -2,153 | 6,938 | 6,750 | 10,588 |
| Currency and deposits | 22,841 | 871 | -1,448 | -16,679 | 62,227 | 40,679 | 44,972 |
| Special drawing rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade credits and advances | -237 | -148 | 311 | -272 | -15 | -483 | -123 |
| Other accounts payable | 551 | 551 | 676 | 676 | 701 | 2,405 | 2,603 |
| Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) | -4,444 | -617 | 5,177 | 530 | 2,451 | -2,731 | 7,541 |
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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