Exhibit A.1—The discount rate for the unfunded pension obligation—text version

2014 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Spring 2014 Report—Chapter 1

Exhibit A.1—The discount rate for the unfunded pension obligation

This bar chart shows changes in projected yields (the discount rate) and the impact these changes would have on the actuarial obligations of the public service pension plan superannuation accounts.

Changes in yield projected on account
(in percentage points)
Change in actuarial obligation
(in billions of dollars)
-3 54.6
-2 31.7
-1 14
1 -11.2
2 -20.2
3 -27.6

These calculations were performed by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada

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