Japan;Canada; Balances; Private transfers (v61915212); from Cube 36100016: Balance of international payments, current account and capital account

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Series Attributes:

Unit and Multiplier:

Dollars, Millions

Frequency:

Quarterly

Valuation Type:

Market prices (value at)
“Market prices” refer to amounts of money that buyers are willing to pay to acquire goods, services or assets from willing sellers. The exchanges are made between independent parties and on the basis of commercial considerations only, sometimes called “at arm’s length”. It includes all taxes, retail, wholesale, transportation and other margins less any subsidies on production or products.

Seasonal Adjustment:

Not seasonally adjusted
A time series is said to be “not seasonally adjusted” when no adjustments have been made to it to remove predictable seasonal regularities due to normal variations in climate through the year, the schedule of religious, civic and other holidays, established social patterns such as the timing of the school year and other factors of this nature. Time series that have not been seasonally adjusted are also not adjusted for calendar effects, as for example when one month has more working days (Mondays to Fridays) than another. Time series that are not seasonally adjusted are typically more volatile than time series that are seasonally adjusted.

Principal Data Sources:

Canada's Balance of International Payments, Statistics Canada

Survey of Household Spending (SHS), Statistics Canada

Methods:

Private transfers:

The data are compiled by the International Accounts and Trade Division. Data are updated annually or quarterly, depending upon the specific sources. Updating ranges from special monthly compilations primarily in the case of official assistance to annual data running at least two years behind the reference year, such as U.S. withholding taxes from the Internal Revenue Service. Adjustments to a calendar year basis are made from government sources that operate on fiscal years ending March 31.

Additional Information:

Other data sources for this account include the following:

Administrative sources from the federal government. Canadian withholding tax data are obtained from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. United States withholding taxes are based on information from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; all other foreign withholding taxes are estimated. Data on official contributions are obtained from the Canadian International Development Agency and from the Public Accounts