2023 by the numbers
3.9%
Consumer price index inflation
5.00%
Policy interest rate at year-end
8
Number of Governing Council deliberation summaries published
$119.4
billion—Value of bank notes in circulation as at December 31, 2023
1.0%
Canada’s average annual real gross domestic product growth as estimated at December 31, 2023
75.61
US cents—Exchange rate for Can$1 as at December 31, 2023
$179.8
billion—Nominal value of marketable bonds issued by the Government of Canada in 2023
$281.1
billion—Nominal value of Government of Canada bonds held by the Bank of Canada, a reduction of $88.4 billion since December 31, 2022
7
parts per million (ppm)—Counterfeiting rate in Canada as at December 31, 2023
89,423
Number of Canadians who participated in the Bank’s public consultations on a Digital Canadian Dollar
2,350
Number of employees as at December 31, 2023
14
Consecutive years as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers
85
Percentage of employees who would recommend the Bank as a great place to work
Social media followers at year-end
2,570
3,601
250,050
X (formerly known as Twitter)
166,774