Table 1 
Canada's international investment position at period end 

Canada's international investment position at period end
  Fourth quarter 2016 First quarter 2017 Second quarter 2017 Third quarter 2017 Fourth quarter 2017 Third quarter to fourth quarter 2017
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars difference in billions of dollars
Assets 4,308.2 4,457.2 4,479.0 4,466.0 4,760.7 294.7
Direct investment assets 1,731.5 1,802.0 1,807.7 1,820.5 1,923.5 103.0
Equity 1,596.7 1,668.0 1,676.6 1,691.7 1,792.8 101.1
Debt instruments 134.8 133.9 131.1 128.8 130.7 1.9
Canadian portfolio investment 1,741.4 1,839.0 1,865.1 1,867.4 2,007.9 140.5
Foreign debt securities 383.1 386.0 385.0 380.4 384.1 3.7
Foreign money market instruments 3.1 5.4 6.0 6.5 6.4 -0.2
Foreign bonds 380.0 380.6 379.0 373.9 377.8 3.9
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 1,358.3 1,453.0 1,480.1 1,487.0 1,623.8 136.8
Official international reserves 111.1 109.8 109.8 105.7 110.1 4.5
Other Canadian investment 724.2 706.4 696.4 672.4 719.2 46.7
Loans 246.3 258.9 246.6 238.3 259.2 21.0
Currency and deposits 399.6 371.9 375.4 358.1 380.2 22.0
Trade credits and advances 8.7 8.0 8.4 8.9 8.9 -0.0
Other accounts receivable 69.6 67.6 65.9 67.1 70.9 3.8
Liabilities 4,099.3 4,168.0 4,158.7 4,180.7 4,360.0 179.3
Direct investment liabilities 1,358.6 1,365.6 1,339.0 1,374.1 1,416.5 42.5
Equity 1,155.4 1,161.9 1,142.8 1,174.4 1,216.7 42.3
Debt instruments 203.2 203.8 196.2 199.7 199.9 0.2
Foreign portfolio investment 1,946.2 2,011.3 2,037.3 2,064.7 2,140.8 76.0
Canadian debt securities 1,361.8 1,373.9 1,401.3 1,404.0 1,454.2 50.2
Canadian money market instruments 96.8 93.4 92.8 84.9 79.0 -5.9
Canadian bonds 1,265.1 1,280.5 1,308.5 1,319.1 1,375.1 56.1
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 584.3 637.4 636.0 660.7 686.6 25.9
Other foreign investment 794.6 791.1 782.4 741.9 802.6 60.8
Loans 110.9 110.8 112.0 108.0 113.1 5.1
Currency and deposits 645.7 642.0 631.7 595.8 650.9 55.1
Special drawing rights 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.7 0.1
Trade credits and advances 11.8 11.6 11.7 11.1 11.1 0.0
Other accounts payable 15.4 15.8 16.2 16.5 16.9 0.4
Net international investment position 208.8 289.1 320.3 285.3 400.7 115.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0142.
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