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Canada's balance of international payments

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Canada's balance of international payments
(Capital and financial account)
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  $ millions
Total capital and financial accounts, net flow -22,768 -14,673 -1,971 45,750 49,707
Capital account, net flow 4,202 4,233 4,579 3,830 4,758
Capital account, inflows 4,903 4,996 5,397 5,249 5,452
Capital account, outflows -702 -763 -818 -1,420 -694
Financial account, net flow1 -26,969 -18,906 -6,550 41,920 44,949
Canadian assets, net flow -166,967 -177,021 -112,995 -106,918 -106,482
Canadian direct investments abroad -52,423 -62,003 -85,143 -47,627 -39,749
Canadian portfolio investments -78,668 -48,426 11,653 -8,727 -14,535
Foreign portfolio bonds -43,761 -28,902 14,354 9,030 1,379
Foreign portfolio stocks -28,107 -30,946 -7,913 -15,911 -13,472
Other Canadian investments -35,877 -66,592 -39,504 -50,563 -52,199
Loans -11,819 -10,860 -776 -17,442 -16,424
Deposits -9,002 -42,198 -38,724 -19,246 -11,761
Official international reserves -1,013 -4,644 -1,711 -11,618 -3,989
Other assets -14,043 -8,890 1,707 -2,257 -20,024
Canadian liabilities, net flow 139,998 158,115 106,445 148,838 151,431
Foreign direct investments in Canada 68,395 123,148 61,010 24,469 24,119
Foreign portfolio investments 31,089 -31,096 31,130 111,498 117,429
Canadian portfolio bonds 16,564 12,042 17,259 84,571 96,112
Canadian portfolio stocks 10,814 -41,994 2,746 26,246 18,179
Canadian money market 3,711 -1,143 11,125 681 3,138
Other foreign investments 40,514 66,062 14,304 12,870 9,883
Loans 19,635 12,617 5,016 -9,659 8,613
Deposits 20,389 48,566 10,495 13,878 125
Other liabilities 491 4,879 -1,206 8,651 1,145
Statistical discrepancy 2,277 1,901 -3,305 -513 1,158

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