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L.117 Private and Public Pension Funds 1
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
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| Pension funds; total financial assets | 13160.9 | 14536.8 | 14909.3 | 15747.1 | 16906.2 | 17609.9 | 17309.7 | 17377.5 | 17609.9 | 17792.0 | 17905.3 | 1 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | 13.8 | 16.5 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | 61.1 | 65.5 | 69.0 | 62.0 | 69.4 | 73.9 | 71.8 | 72.6 | 73.9 | 77.7 | 80.5 | 3 |
| Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset | 186.4 | 178.2 | 195.5 | 174.6 | 190.7 | 186.9 | 187.0 | 186.7 | 186.9 | 189.7 | 191.4 | 4 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 5 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | 2691.3 | 2912.0 | 3093.2 | 3293.5 | 3578.3 | 3731.8 | 3606.8 | 3658.5 | 3731.8 | 3607.5 | 3489.5 | 6 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | 78.3 | 80.5 | 84.7 | 76.2 | 85.1 | 91.0 | 88.7 | 90.0 | 91.0 | 96.8 | 100.3 | 7 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset | 1528.7 | 1646.9 | 1791.1 | 1920.4 | 2040.1 | 2127.2 | 2042.8 | 2066.7 | 2127.2 | 2008.8 | 1881.4 | 8 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | 344.9 | 354.3 | 318.4 | 296.8 | 292.0 | 276.3 | 288.4 | 283.1 | 276.3 | 266.4 | 261.5 | 9 |
| State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; municipal securities; asset | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 10 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 737.9 | 828.2 | 897.3 | 998.3 | 1158.0 | 1233.1 | 1183.9 | 1215.2 | 1233.1 | 1232.8 | 1242.0 | 11 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | 35.6 | 38.0 | 32.9 | 33.1 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 32.5 | 31.7 | 28.7 | 28.4 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | 3373.9 | 3855.5 | 3662.7 | 4065.1 | 4887.5 | 5158.5 | 5024.1 | 4968.8 | 5158.5 | 5274.2 | 5215.1 | 13 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | 2204.2 | 2495.3 | 2410.1 | 2689.9 | 3280.2 | 3534.7 | 3461.7 | 3445.6 | 3534.7 | 3601.7 | 3634.0 | 14 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | 4588.8 | 4969.9 | 5417.5 | 5402.6 | 4842.0 | 4864.3 | 4897.7 | 4984.3 | 4864.3 | 4983.1 | 5237.3 | 15 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset | 587.0 | 617.5 | 623.4 | 640.0 | 656.1 | 668.1 | 668.6 | 661.3 | 668.1 | 675.7 | 676.6 | 16 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | 75.4 | 90.8 | 93.8 | 81.4 | 79.0 | 77.9 | 78.0 | 78.4 | 77.9 | 79.6 | 79.9 | 17 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3328.6 | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3977.9 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3381.7 | 3472.5 | 3345.5 | 3443.3 | 3690.3 | 18 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | 597.8 | 627.4 | 672.4 | 703.3 | 741.8 | 772.9 | 769.3 | 772.2 | 772.9 | 784.5 | 790.5 | 19 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | 13302.0 | 14679.8 | 15056.6 | 15907.7 | 17088.7 | 17805.8 | 17506.6 | 17570.9 | 17805.8 | 17990.5 | 18106.4 | 20 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | 9315.4 | 10172.8 | 10563.6 | 10907.3 | 11196.0 | 11505.8 | 11351.3 | 11428.4 | 11505.8 | 11582.7 | 11659.7 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total funded assets | 5986.9 | 6538.6 | 6535.7 | 6930.6 | 7830.8 | 8160.4 | 7969.5 | 7955.9 | 8160.4 | 8200.3 | 8096.9 | 22 |
| Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3328.6 | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3976.7 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3381.7 | 3472.5 | 3345.5 | 3382.3 | 3562.8 | 23 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets | 19386.7 | 21456.4 | 22064.8 | 23723.1 | 26177.4 | 27453.8 | 27005.4 | 27076.3 | 27453.8 | 27822.6 | 28057.8 | 24 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets | 9174.4 | 10029.8 | 10416.3 | 10746.7 | 11013.4 | 11309.9 | 11154.3 | 11234.9 | 11309.9 | 11384.2 | 11458.5 | 25 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | 3986.6 | 4507.0 | 4493.1 | 5000.4 | 5892.7 | 6300.0 | 6155.4 | 6142.5 | 6300.0 | 6407.9 | 6446.7 | 26 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability | 4488.0 | 5029.0 | 5241.0 | 5907.0 | 6966.0 | 7443.0 | 7325.0 | 7343.0 | 7443.0 | 7600.0 | 7678.6 | 27 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability | 1737.8 | 1890.7 | 1914.5 | 2069.0 | 2305.3 | 2400.9 | 2370.7 | 2355.8 | 2400.9 | 2430.5 | 2473.9 | 28 |
NOTES
- Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government retirement funds defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
- Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
- Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
- Assets of pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
- Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
- Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
- Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
- Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
- IRA assets are not included above. See memo item on table L.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
- Annuities held in IRAs at life insurance companies are excluded. They are included in line 27.
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