Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2018 Third quarter 2018 Fourth quarter 2018 First quarter 2019 Second quarter 2019 2017 2018
  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 -17,172 -11,011 -11,662 -19,609 -7,972 -60,206 -58,597
Current account balances -17,172 -11,011 -11,662 -19,520 -7,972 -60,130 -58,521
Goods and services -14,409 -8,205 -10,247 -15,886 -7,586 -50,417 -46,981
Goods -6,938 -4,527 -4,811 -7,468 -1,973 -24,644 -21,950
Services -7,471 -3,678 -5,436 -8,418 -5,613 -25,773 -25,031
Primary income -2,247 -2,474 -942 -2,434 -95 -6,861 -8,632
Compensation of employees -627 -616 -581 -568 -626 -2,354 -2,398
Investment income -1,619 -1,858 -360 -1,866 531 -4,506 -6,235
Direct investment 5,778 5,581 7,305 6,456 7,947 21,467 23,263
Portfolio investment -6,696 -7,187 -7,380 -7,198 -7,274 -23,445 -27,462
Other investment -702 -253 -286 -1,124 -142 -2,528 -2,035
Secondary income -517 -332 -474 -1,201 -291 -2,852 -2,908
Capital account balance 0 0 0 -89 0 -76 -76
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -18,224 -6,341 -6,511 -17,732 -2,000 -52,390 -47,177
Net acquisition of financial assets 32,684 55,810 75,238 5,013 70,370 229,303 160,987
Direct investment assets 24,669 25,356 12,695 31,701 25,948 107,013 68,373
Direct investment assets, equity 14,427 27,028 12,594 31,864 25,521 106,016 62,846
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 10,242 -1,672 101 -163 427 997 5,527
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 13,117 18,785 9,316 -2,166 10,550 84,657 57,532
Foreign debt securities 18,085 18,624 4,587 11,172 8,687 16,028 50,377
Foreign money market instruments -1,399 1,428 884 369 -3,047 3,765 2,290
Foreign bonds 19,484 17,196 3,703 10,803 11,734 12,263 48,087
Foreign equity and investment fund shares -4,968 160 4,729 -13,338 1,863 68,629 7,156
Official international reserves 178 -567 3,486 -1,324 1,810 1,053 -2,004
Other Canadian investment abroad -5,280 12,237 49,740 -23,198 32,062 36,579 37,085
Loans 3,383 499 28,402 697 1,235 19,864 40,562
Currency and deposits 1,586 14,134 22,906 -14,239 26,582 6,459 22,211
Trade credits and advances 820 474 60 346 -123 712 1,324
Other accounts receivable -11,069 -2,870 -1,628 -10,002 4,368 9,544 -27,011
Net incurrence of liabilities 50,908 62,151 81,749 22,745 72,370 281,693 208,163
Direct investment liabilities 13,748 9,655 18,966 12,022 21,668 35,649 58,833
Direct investment liabilities, equity 10,807 10,916 19,592 8,395 18,646 38,285 54,792
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 2,941 -1,261 -626 3,627 3,022 -2,636 4,041
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 27,261 24,773 -6,015 39,020 -6,490 189,166 68,175
Canadian debt securities 26,249 15,227 -15,977 23,988 7,835 132,616 41,690
Canadian money market instruments -5,718 10,260 -3,711 -1,398 459 -12,097 16,241
Canadian bonds 31,967 4,967 -12,266 25,386 7,376 144,713 25,448
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 1,012 9,546 9,962 15,031 -14,325 56,550 26,486
Other foreign investment in Canada 9,900 27,723 68,797 -28,297 57,193 56,878 81,155
Loans 2,418 8,529 8,077 1,214 1,119 12,716 20,108
Currency and deposits 4,493 16,897 57,845 -30,816 54,449 40,150 51,202
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 666 375 789 -426 -200 224 1,844
Other accounts payable 2,322 1,922 2,086 1,731 1,825 3,788 8,002
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -1,052 4,669 5,151 1,877 5,971 7,816 11,420
Source(s):
Tables 36-10-0016-01, 36-10-0014-01, 36-10-0472-01 and 36-10-0471-01.

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a positive value denotes an increase in investment and a negative value denotes a decrease in investment.
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