Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
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Release Date: March 10, 2016
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F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds 1

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


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Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1
Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2
Pension funds; total financial assets 578.0 454.3 503.6 462.7 433.9 348.5 464.5 431.2 390.9 258.4 313.4 3
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset 2.6 6.0 -1.7 -0.5 1.2 1.5 -2.0 2.6 -1.6 0.9 4.1 4
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset 4.4 3.5 -7.0 7.4 4.6 6.0 5.4 11.5 7.1 -2.6 8.1 5
Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset -8.1 17.2 -20.8 16.0 -3.8 7.6 0.7 6.5 2.0 7.2 14.7 6
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset 0.1 0.1 -0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 -0.5 0.6 7
Pension funds; debt securities; asset 220.7 181.3 200.3 284.8 154.5 122.6 111.0 -209.7 -459.2 -420.3 1579.4 8
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset 2.1 4.3 -8.5 8.9 6.0 6.2 3.7 19.2 9.6 -7.5 3.3 9
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset 118.1 144.3 129.3 119.7 87.4 87.0 59.9 -303.9 -467.5 -376.5 1496.1 10
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 9.4 -35.9 -21.7 -4.7 -15.6 -14.7 -27.2 -14.6 -18.9 -23.0 -2.3 11
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset 0.8 -0.5 0.3 1.5 1.1 -1.4 3.1 -5.3 7.7 -7.8 -0.3 12
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 90.2 69.2 100.9 159.4 75.5 45.5 71.4 94.9 9.8 -5.5 82.7 13
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset 2.5 -5.2 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 -4.1 -3.2 -11.8 -1.0 -3.2 -0.6 14
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset -44.0 -139.4 -100.3 -354.0 -184.5 -112.2 -125.3 -38.7 -82.0 -71.3 -256.8 15
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset 105.0 13.7 62.9 139.0 126.4 -18.8 146.7 35.5 14.6 -73.0 -52.4 16
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets 294.9 377.1 370.6 370.6 335.2 345.5 330.3 634.0 910.4 821.4 -983.7 17
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 12.7 11.4 1.0 -11.4 -8.9 2.2 12.4 19.8 1.6 -44.2 31.6 18
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset 15.4 3.0 -12.3 -2.5 -1.1 2.8 -2.0 6.7 1.1 -0.1 3.4 19
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset 237.2 317.7 350.9 346.1 314.1 316.6 317.2 560.8 890.5 857.6 -1042.4 20
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets 29.6 45.0 30.9 38.5 31.1 23.9 2.7 46.7 17.1 8.0 23.7 21
Pension funds; total liabilities 577.9 454.2 503.7 462.9 434.3 348.8 464.8 431.5 391.2 258.7 313.6 22
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets 850.6 913.6 815.2 755.4 756.3 ND 555.2 715.5 514.8 444.4 ND 23
Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets 352.4 351.9 321.8 287.7 267.7 266.4 266.8 265.8 267.1 266.3 266.2 24
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets 225.6 102.4 181.8 175.0 166.2 82.1 197.7 165.4 123.8 -7.9 47.1 25
All sectors; IRAs; liability 213.4 380.0 261.0 234.5 244.6 ND 29.7 256.1 54.6 10.6 ND 26
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability 59.2 79.2 50.6 58.2 77.8 ND 61.1 28.2 69.3 175.3 ND 27

NOTES

  1. Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government employee retirement funds defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
  4. Assets of pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
  5. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  6. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  7. Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
  8. IRA assets are not included above. See memo item on table F.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  9. Annuities held in IRAs at life insurance companies are excluded. They are included in line 26.
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