Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2019 Third quarter 2019 Fourth quarter 2019 First quarter 2020 Second quarter 2020 2018 2019
  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 -9,266 -11,666 -5,900 -15,734 -10,057 -55,574 -47,094
Current account balances -9,266 -11,666 -5,900 -15,686 -10,057 -55,499 -47,005
Goods and services -7,493 -9,386 -5,785 -14,475 -9,554 -43,563 -38,883
Goods -2,596 -7,452 -672 -7,782 -9,491 -22,131 -18,443
Services -4,897 -1,933 -5,112 -6,693 -63 -21,433 -20,441
Primary income -1,314 -1,226 -229 719 145 -8,599 -5,329
Compensation of employees -886 -874 -842 -701 -511 -3,430 -3,420
Investment income -428 -352 614 1,420 656 -5,169 -1,909
Direct investment 6,996 6,649 8,460 8,726 7,184 24,386 28,686
Portfolio investment -7,223 -6,928 -6,898 -6,609 -5,993 -26,588 -28,291
Other investment -201 -73 -948 -697 -536 -2,967 -2,303
Secondary income -459 -1,054 113 -1,929 -648 -3,336 -2,792
Capital account balance 0 0 0 -48 0 -76 -89
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -8,618 -12,972 -3,097 -10,432 -17,019 -45,849 -43,679
Net acquisition of financial assets 74,357 47,155 97,500 -14,659 15,999 147,955 227,445
Direct investment assets 25,368 15,564 24,620 7,641 14,770 68,639 97,985
Direct investment assets, equity 25,082 18,758 16,419 8,853 15,215 63,540 92,716
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 286 -3,194 8,201 -1,211 -444 5,099 5,268
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 8,979 5,692 21,434 -45,114 24,081 57,532 32,960
Foreign debt securities 6,724 6,936 4,101 -10,347 -1,663 50,376 27,485
Foreign money market instruments -3,047 2,203 -994 1,678 1,231 2,290 -1,470
Foreign bonds 9,771 4,734 5,095 -12,025 -2,894 48,087 28,955
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 2,256 -1,245 17,333 -34,768 25,744 7,156 5,475
Official international reserves 1,689 -1,399 -738 -2,470 865 -2,004 -1,716
Other Canadian investment abroad 38,321 27,298 52,183 25,284 -23,717 23,788 98,216
Loans 14,231 16,169 8,954 37,972 -25,863 40,575 33,721
Currency and deposits 21,673 5,629 4,595 29,675 -1,901 9,589 26,222
Trade credits and advances -404 435 522 -709 -73 1,323 901
Other accounts receivable 2,820 5,066 38,112 -41,653 4,120 -27,698 37,372
Net incurrence of liabilities 82,975 60,127 100,596 -4,227 33,018 193,804 271,123
Direct investment liabilities 24,052 13,471 13,624 10,038 11,823 60,319 63,560
Direct investment liabilities, equity 20,082 13,448 24,532 8,665 11,892 56,200 67,771
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 3,970 22 -10,908 1,373 -69 4,119 -4,210
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities -7,462 7,317 -637 27,264 59,878 53,497 37,522
Canadian debt securities 7,635 5,481 3,287 39,884 80,460 27,283 39,741
Canadian money market instruments 1,540 -2,783 7,158 -7,949 12,385 16,090 4,527
Canadian bonds 6,095 8,265 -3,871 47,833 68,075 11,194 35,214
Canadian equity and investment fund shares -15,097 1,836 -3,924 -12,620 -20,582 26,213 -2,219
Other foreign investment in Canada 66,385 39,339 87,610 -41,530 -38,684 79,989 170,041
Loans 12,005 -8,951 10,669 -5,949 -6,887 23,175 15,907
Currency and deposits 51,973 45,811 73,712 -37,205 -31,690 47,032 144,479
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 156 981 229 -169 45 868 932
Other accounts payable 2,251 1,498 2,999 1,794 -151 8,915 8,724
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 648 -1,306 2,803 5,302 -6,962 9,725 3,415
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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