Table 1 
Canada's international investment position at period end 

Canada's international investment position at period end
  Fourth quarter 2021 First quarter 2022 Second quarter 2022 Third quarter 2022 Fourth quarter 2022 Third quarter to fourth quarter 2022
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars difference in billions of dollars
Assets 7,567.3 7,241.4 6,734.3 6,915.2 7,377.4 462.1
Direct investment assets 2,898.6 2,875.4 2,630.5 2,630.8 2,884.1 253.2
Equity 2,673.1 2,657.9 2,417.8 2,406.4 2,659.9 253.5
Debt instruments 225.5 217.5 212.7 224.5 224.2 -0.3
Canadian portfolio investment 3,354.8 3,042.6 2,719.6 2,706.9 2,918.9 212.0
Foreign debt securities 709.9 719.2 732.6 768.6 779.7 11.1
Foreign money market instruments 8.6 10.0 10.7 9.5 11.9 2.3
Foreign bonds 701.3 709.2 721.9 759.1 767.9 8.8
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 2,644.9 2,323.4 1,987.0 1,938.3 2,139.2 200.9
Official international reserves 135.2 129.7 137.0 140.8 145.3 4.5
Other Canadian investment 1,178.7 1,193.8 1,247.2 1,436.7 1,429.1 -7.6
Loans 425.2 383.6 406.2 473.2 512.1 38.9
Currency and deposits 558.4 589.9 603.6 638.2 664.6 26.3
Trade credits and advances 9.8 10.8 11.8 14.7 14.5 -0.2
Other accounts receivable 185.3 209.5 225.6 310.5 237.9 -72.6
Financial derivatives 120.1 148.8 163.9 248.6 178.0 -70.6
Liabilities 6,259.8 6,277.4 6,084.3 6,299.4 6,537.7 238.2
Direct investment liabilities 1,980.9 2,080.0 1,984.8 1,970.6 2,077.2 106.5
Equity 1,722.6 1,821.8 1,726.2 1,708.6 1,816.7 108.1
Debt instruments 258.3 258.2 258.6 262.0 260.4 -1.6
Foreign portfolio investment 2,865.6 2,899.8 2,699.7 2,720.2 2,839.8 119.5
Canadian debt securities 1,847.2 1,812.5 1,769.3 1,815.4 1,882.8 67.4
Canadian money market instruments 168.6 157.7 154.3 154.7 174.1 19.4
Canadian bonds 1,678.6 1,654.7 1,615.0 1,660.7 1,708.7 48.0
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 1,018.4 1,087.4 930.5 904.8 957.0 52.1
Other foreign investment 1,413.3 1,297.6 1,399.8 1,608.6 1,620.7 12.2
Loans 359.2 311.6 331.6 370.4 421.0 50.5
Currency and deposits 845.9 760.2 823.5 896.7 922.5 25.8
Special drawing rights 29.8 29.2 28.2 29.0 30.0 1.0
Trade credits and advances 16.8 17.0 17.3 18.7 18.5 -0.2
Other accounts payable 161.6 179.6 199.2 293.7 228.8 -65.0
Financial derivatives 117.2 135.1 154.7 249.3 184.3 -65.0
Net international investment position 1,307.4 964.1 649.9 615.8 839.7 223.9
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