Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
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Release Date: September 18, 2015
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F.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans 1

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


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Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets 75.5 84.2 90.0 87.5 88.7 90.1 90.4 90.8 90.8 89.8 91.1 1
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset 61.2 64.9 71.1 40.4 98.2 68.5 58.7 82.2 54.8 -67.5 -209.0 2
Federal government retirement funds; defined benefit plans Treasury securities; asset 62.3 65.4 70.4 40.1 98.2 68.7 59.0 82.1 55.0 -67.0 -208.8 3
Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset -0.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 4
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset -0.5 -0.3 0.8 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.7 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 5
Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset -1.2 -0.9 -1.9 -2.0 -1.5 -1.2 -0.8 -1.9 -0.6 -1.3 -0.4 6
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset 15.6 20.2 20.8 49.2 -8.1 22.8 32.6 10.5 36.6 158.5 300.5 7
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) 75.5 84.2 90.0 87.5 88.7 90.1 90.4 90.8 90.8 89.8 91.1 8

NOTES

  1. Includes civil service retirement and disability fund, Railroad Retirement Board, judicial retirement fund, military retirement fund, foreign service retirement and disability fund, and the National Railroad Investment Trust.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  5. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
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