Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2015 Second quarter 2015 Third quarter 2015 Fourth quarter 2015 First quarter 2016 2014 2015
  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 -18,882 -15,690 -14,906 -13,258 -18,734 -44,495 -62,736
Current account balances -18,781 -15,688 -14,904 -13,256 -18,681 -44,893 -62,630
Goods and services -12,679 -13,237 -11,220 -8,675 -12,836 -18,616 -45,811
Goods -4,743 -6,529 -7,565 -3,623 -4,988 4,791 -22,460
Services -7,936 -6,709 -3,655 -5,052 -7,848 -23,407 -23,351
Primary income -3,996 -2,296 -3,424 -3,818 -4,060 -23,664 -13,534
Compensation of employees -411 -470 -452 -403 -370 -2,036 -1,736
Investment income -3,585 -1,826 -2,972 -3,415 -3,691 -21,627 -11,798
Direct investment 2,089 3,814 3,082 1,687 2,385 -7 10,671
Portfolio investment -5,510 -5,473 -5,537 -5,208 -5,251 -20,779 -21,728
Other investment -164 -167 -517 106 -824 -841 -741
Secondary income -2,106 -155 -260 -763 -1,785 -2,614 -3,285
Capital account balance -101 -2 -2 -2 -53 398 -106
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -20,854 -14,614 -13,352 -7,748 -16,745 -43,195 -56,568
Net acquisition of financial assets 37,742 53,004 47,458 63,127 8,925 147,881 201,331
Direct investment assets 18,103 40,710 34,182 9,788 13,994 69,424 102,784
Direct investment assets, equity 16,862 30,943 16,143 17,460 14,053 64,412 81,409
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 1,241 9,767 18,039 -7,671 -59 5,012 21,375
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities -4,114 25,216 2,112 37,021 -8,319 56,428 60,236
Foreign debt securities -514 10,642 1,798 22,946 6,389 20,622 34,873
Foreign money market instruments -50 532 -1,654 -268 -1,182 -88 -1,441
Foreign bonds -464 10,110 3,452 23,215 7,571 20,709 36,314
Foreign equity and investment fund shares -3,600 14,574 314 14,074 -14,708 35,806 25,363
Official international reserves 6,586 -1,917 2,663 3,580 1,553 5,854 10,911
Other Canadian investment abroad 17,167 -11,004 8,500 12,738 1,697 16,175 27,400
Loans 12,882 -769 11,165 -2,544 10,439 26,316 20,735
Currency and deposits -2,618 -7,486 4,137 11,392 -4,711 -8,247 5,425
Trade credits and advances 238 -35 22 214 38 -410 438
Other accounts receivable 6,664 -2,714 -6,824 3,676 -4,069 -1,484 802
Net incurrence of liabilities 58,596 67,618 60,811 70,875 25,670 191,075 257,899
Direct investment liabilities 7,831 27,040 35,708 165 7,180 72,542 70,743
Direct investment liabilities, equity 4,418 23,467 29,278 19,711 4,924 68,115 76,873
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 3,413 3,573 6,430 -19,546 2,256 4,427 -6,130
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 46,349 29,531 -960 18,022 44,515 75,388 92,942
Canadian debt securities 36,884 24,618 8,326 8,689 34,216 50,172 78,517
Canadian money market instruments -13,262 19,617 -4,421 4,124 3,881 -2,755 6,058
Canadian bonds 50,146 5,002 12,747 4,565 30,335 52,928 72,459
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 9,465 4,913 -9,286 9,333 10,299 25,216 14,425
Other foreign investment in Canada 4,416 11,047 26,063 52,688 -26,025 43,146 94,214
Loans -333 7,902 2,772 1,605 3,181 2,552 11,947
Currency and deposits 4,181 3,094 22,748 50,451 -29,265 38,205 80,474
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 386 -159 286 448 -115 1,730 961
Other accounts payable 180 210 258 184 174 659 833
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -1,972 1,076 1,554 5,510 1,989 1,300 6,168
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 376-0101, 376-0102, 376-0103 and 376-0104.

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a plus sign denotes an increase in investment and a minus sign denotes a decrease in investment.
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