L.118 Private pension funds1

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Line Description Series 2023 2024 2025 2024:Q3 2024:Q4 2025:Q1 2025:Q2 2025:Q3 2025:Q4
Line 1 Total financial assets2 FL574090005 12590.3 13738.7 14911.7 13761.6 13738.7 13466.7 14210.8 14775.1 14911.7
Line 2 Checkable deposits and currency FL573020005 17.8 14.1 10.3 15.1 14.1 13.2 12.5 11.2 10.3
Line 3 Time and savings deposits FL573030005 14.5 13.8 13.1 14.0 13.8 13.6 13.5 13.3 13.1
Line 4 Money market fund shares FL573034005 203.2 210.4 230.6 208.0 210.4 214.4 220.7 227.2 230.6
Line 5 Security repurchase agreements FL572051005 14.3 13.2 12.1 13.5 13.2 12.9 12.6 12.4 12.1
Line 6 Debt securities LM574022005 1634.1 1695.5 1860.7 1735.6 1695.5 1747.5 1786.2 1839.0 1860.7
Line 7 Open market paper FL573069105 34.9 33.2 31.5 33.7 33.2 32.8 32.4 32.0 31.5
Line 8 Treasury securities LM573061105 484.8 523.3 605.5 531.5 523.3 549.7 567.9 591.1 605.5
Line 9 Agency- and GSE-backed securities LM573061705 247.8 262.7 283.1 264.3 262.7 269.6 273.9 279.1 283.1
Line 10 Corporate and foreign bonds LM573063005 866.6 876.3 940.6 906.1 876.3 895.4 911.9 936.8 940.6
Line 11 Loans (mortgages) FL573065005 25.4 28.5 31.5 27.7 28.5 29.3 30.2 30.7 31.5
Line 12 Corporate equities LM573064105 3689.1 4448.5 5399.6 4355.6 4448.5 4210.7 4677.9 5291.9 5399.6
Line 13 Mutual fund shares LM573064205 5088.3 5540.0 5679.9 5660.9 5540.0 5379.1 5718.4 5694.2 5679.9
Line 14 Miscellaneous assets FL573090005 1903.6 1774.7 1673.9 1731.3 1774.7 1845.9 1738.9 1655.3 1673.9
Line 15 Unallocated insurance contracts3 FL573095005 602.3 614.8 627.0 619.4 614.8 608.3 620.6 627.2 627.0
Line 16 Contributions receivable FL573074005 77.3 81.0 85.6 80.1 81.0 82.0 82.9 84.7 85.6
Line 17 Claims of pension fund on sponsor4 FL573073005 293.9 192.0 94.0 134.4 192.0 278.1 168.3 82.3 94.0
Line 18 Other FL573093005 930.1 886.9 867.3 897.4 886.9 877.6 867.1 861.1 867.3
Line 19 Pension entitlements (liabilities)5 FL574190005 12630.4 13779.8 14954.5 13802.3 13779.8 13508.1 14252.6 14817.4 14954.5
 
Memo:
Line 20 Pension entitlements of defined benefit plans FL574190043 3278.1 3228.0 3154.5 3240.5 3228.0 3209.6 3191.3 3172.9 3154.5
Line 21 Funded by assets6 FL572000075 2984.2 3036.0 3060.6 3106.1 3036.0 2931.6 3023.0 3090.6 3060.6
Line 22 Unfunded (line 17) FL573073005 293.9 192.0 94.0 134.4 192.0 278.1 168.3 82.3 94.0
 
Total financial assets
Line 23 Defined benefit plans7 FL574090045 3238.0 3187.0 3111.8 3199.9 3187.0 3168.2 3149.5 3130.6 3111.8
Line 24 Defined contribution plans8 FL574090055 9352.3 10551.8 11800.0 10561.7 10551.8 10298.5 11061.4 11644.5 11800.0

Notes:

  1. Sum of private defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans (including 401(k) type plans).
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes products sold by life insurance companies, such as variable annuities and guaranteed investment contracts; series begins 1985:Q4.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  5. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  6. Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  7. Additional detail on defined benefit plans is available on tables L.118.b.
  8. Additional detail on defined contribution plans is available on table L.118.c.

Last Update: 2026-03-19