Table 1-2
Balance of payments, all countries, not seasonally
adjusted, quarterly and annual — 2008 to 2009
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| 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||
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| I | II | III | IV | Annual | I | II | III | IV | Annual | |
| millions of dollars | ||||||||||
| Current account | ||||||||||
| Receipts | ||||||||||
| Goods and services | 131,427 | 147,871 | 149,099 | 132,840 | 561,238 | 110,028 | 106,850 | 108,768 | 111,990 | 437,636 |
| Goods | 115,027 | 129,796 | 128,543 | 115,388 | 488,754 | 94,008 | 89,697 | 90,191 | 95,448 | 369,343 |
| Services | 16,400 | 18,075 | 20,556 | 17,453 | 72,484 | 16,020 | 17,153 | 18,577 | 16,542 | 68,292 |
| Investment income | 19,113 | 19,269 | 16,513 | 15,558 | 70,453 | 13,483 | 14,942 | 13,614 | 13,490 | 55,528 |
| Direct investment income | 10,133 | 10,486 | 8,123 | 7,515 | 36,258 | 5,563 | 7,751 | 7,189 | 7,545 | 28,047 |
| Portfolio investment income | 5,678 | 5,757 | 5,651 | 5,129 | 22,215 | 5,753 | 5,110 | 4,590 | 4,422 | 19,874 |
| Other investment income | 3,302 | 3,026 | 2,739 | 2,914 | 11,981 | 2,167 | 2,082 | 1,835 | 1,524 | 7,607 |
| Current transfers | 2,827 | 2,288 | 2,174 | 3,291 | 10,580 | 2,868 | 1,917 | 1,800 | 2,131 | 8,716 |
| Total current account | 153,368 | 169,428 | 167,787 | 151,688 | 642,271 | 126,378 | 123,709 | 124,181 | 127,611 | 501,880 |
| Payments | ||||||||||
| Goods and services | 126,084 | 138,137 | 137,747 | 135,857 | 537,825 | 116,628 | 113,986 | 115,905 | 117,990 | 464,508 |
| Goods | 102,224 | 114,393 | 113,993 | 113,168 | 443,777 | 92,867 | 91,231 | 93,709 | 96,274 | 374,081 |
| Services | 23,860 | 23,745 | 23,755 | 22,689 | 94,048 | 23,761 | 22,754 | 22,197 | 21,716 | 90,427 |
| Investment income | 20,816 | 23,576 | 22,511 | 20,752 | 87,655 | 15,363 | 17,804 | 19,332 | 18,657 | 71,156 |
| Direct investment income | 9,091 | 12,571 | 10,852 | 7,941 | 40,455 | 3,971 | 7,442 | 9,634 | 8,781 | 29,828 |
| Portfolio investment income | 7,689 | 7,942 | 8,380 | 8,705 | 32,716 | 8,438 | 8,290 | 8,397 | 8,381 | 33,506 |
| Other investment income | 4,036 | 3,063 | 3,280 | 4,106 | 14,484 | 2,954 | 2,072 | 1,301 | 1,495 | 7,822 |
| Current transfers | 3,506 | 2,503 | 2,683 | 2,822 | 11,514 | 3,763 | 2,328 | 2,580 | 2,780 | 11,452 |
| Total current account | 150,406 | 164,217 | 162,941 | 159,431 | 636,995 | 135,755 | 134,118 | 137,817 | 139,426 | 547,116 |
| Balances | ||||||||||
| Goods and services | 5,344 | 9,734 | 11,352 | -3,016 | 23,413 | -6,601 | -7,136 | -7,137 | -5,999 | -26,873 |
| Goods | 12,804 | 15,403 | 14,551 | 2,220 | 44,977 | 1,140 | -1,534 | -3,518 | -826 | -4,738 |
| Services | -7,460 | -5,669 | -3,199 | -5,236 | -21,564 | -7,741 | -5,601 | -3,619 | -5,173 | -22,135 |
| Investment income | -1,702 | -4,307 | -5,998 | -5,194 | -17,202 | -1,881 | -2,862 | -5,718 | -5,167 | -15,628 |
| Direct investment income | 1,042 | -2,085 | -2,729 | -426 | -4,198 | 1,592 | 308 | -2,444 | -1,236 | -1,781 |
| Portfolio investment income | -2,011 | -2,185 | -2,728 | -3,576 | -10,501 | -2,685 | -3,180 | -3,808 | -3,959 | -13,632 |
| Other investment income | -733 | -37 | -541 | -1,193 | -2,504 | -788 | 10 | 534 | 29 | -215 |
| Current transfers | -679 | -216 | -508 | 469 | -935 | -896 | -411 | -781 | -649 | -2,736 |
| Total current account | 2,962 | 5,211 | 4,845 | -7,742 | 5,276 | -9,377 | -10,409 | -13,636 | -11,815 | -45,236 |
| Capital and financial account Note 1 Note 1Note 2 |
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| Capital account, net flows | 1,184 | 1,295 | 969 | 1,131 | 4,579 | 909 | 1,217 | 1,085 | 618 | 3,830 |
| Financial account, net flows | -6,872 | -2,559 | -5,749 | 8,630 | -6,550 | 10,692 | 9,848 | 7,706 | 13,674 | 41,920 |
| Canadian assets, net flows | ||||||||||
| Canadian direct investment abroad | -32,110 | -14,201 | -22,950 | -15,882 | -85,143 | -4,867 | -5,259 | -28,394 | -9,108 | -47,627 |
| Canadian portfolio investment | -3,454 | -3,167 | -783 | 19,058 | 11,653 | -13,438 | -1,912 | 5,278 | 1,344 | -8,727 |
| Foreign bonds | -685 | 1,121 | 4,319 | 9,599 | 14,354 | -541 | 1,699 | 7,493 | 378 | 9,030 |
| Foreign stocks | -2,891 | -4,815 | -5,739 | 5,532 | -7,913 | -10,795 | -3,900 | -2,531 | 1,316 | -15,911 |
| Foreign money market | 121 | 527 | 637 | 3,927 | 5,212 | -2,102 | 289 | 317 | -350 | -1,847 |
| Other Canadian investment | -18,886 | -8,928 | -786 | -10,904 | -39,504 | -3,115 | -2,479 | -31,697 | -13,272 | -50,563 |
| Loans | -3,765 | 2,098 | 6,446 | -5,555 | -776 | 702 | -6,694 | -6,850 | -4,600 | -17,442 |
| Deposits | -14,217 | -8,682 | -8,704 | -7,121 | -38,724 | 2,517 | 30 | -10,780 | -11,013 | -19,246 |
| Official international reserves | 247 | -1,816 | -779 | 638 | -1,711 | -1,078 | -547 | -13,074 | 3,082 | -11,618 |
| Other assets | -1,151 | -528 | 2,252 | 1,135 | 1,707 | -5,257 | 4,733 | -993 | -740 | -2,257 |
| Canadian assets, net flows | -54,451 | -26,296 | -24,519 | -7,728 | -112,995 | -21,419 | -9,649 | -54,813 | -21,036 | -106,918 |
| Canadian liabilities, net flows |
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| Foreign direct investment in Canada |
19,272 | 8,633 | 20,983 | 12,122 | 61,010 | 399 | 596 | 16,723 | 6,751 | 24,469 |
| Foreign portfolio investment | 10,439 | 30,293 | -6,670 | -2,932 | 31,130 | 24,255 | 39,567 | 19,945 | 27,732 | 111,498 |
| Canadian bonds | 10,186 | 21,997 | -3,340 | -11,584 | 17,259 | 12,101 | 31,561 | 12,184 | 28,725 | 84,571 |
| Canadian stocks | 3,698 | 5,617 | -5,323 | -1,246 | 2,746 | 2,587 | 6,566 | 14,996 | 2,097 | 26,246 |
| Canadian money market | -3,445 | 2,679 | 1,993 | 9,898 | 11,125 | 9,567 | 1,440 | -7,235 | -3,091 | 681 |
| Other foreign investment | 17,868 | -15,189 | 4,457 | 7,168 | 14,304 | 7,457 | -20,665 | 25,851 | 227 | 12,870 |
| Loans | 981 | -105 | 2,999 | 1,140 | 5,016 | 2,610 | -11,328 | -151 | -790 | -9,659 |
| Deposits | 16,165 | -15,598 | 1,270 | 8,658 | 10,495 | 4,674 | -8,760 | 16,846 | 1,118 | 13,878 |
| Other liabilities | 722 | 513 | 188 | -2,630 | -1,206 | 172 | -577 | 9,156 | -101 | 8,651 |
| Canadian liabilities, net flows |
47,579 | 23,738 | 18,770 | 16,358 | 106,445 | 32,111 | 19,497 | 62,519 | 34,710 | 148,838 |
| Total capital and financial account, net flows |
-5,688 | -1,264 | -4,780 | 9,761 | -1,971 | 11,601 | 11,065 | 8,791 | 14,292 | 45,750 |
| Statistical discrepancy | 2,726 | -3,947 | -65 | -2,019 | -3,305 | -2,224 | -657 | 4,845 | -2,478 | -513 |
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Note(s):
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