Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
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Release Date: December 10, 2015
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F.118.b Private Pension Funds Defined Benefit Plans

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


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Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets 57.4 47.5 46.6 22.5 -8.0 -22.6 -24.0 -22.7 -22.7 -22.7 -22.7 1
Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset -2.6 2.7 1.8 -1.0 0.3 0.1 -0.8 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.3 2
Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset 3.4 -0.2 1.2 -3.3 4.5 -0.1 -2.7 -0.6 3.5 1.4 2.2 3
Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset 0.4 -5.1 -0.3 -4.0 5.3 -1.5 -3.1 -2.7 -2.2 -4.6 0.7 4
Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset 0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.4 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 5
Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset 6.1 70.5 80.5 83.9 74.3 15.0 15.9 7.5 32.2 -9.0 25.8 6
Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset 3.2 -1.0 1.1 -3.6 4.9 0.5 -2.9 1.4 3.9 1.5 -1.0 7
Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset 12.7 7.4 32.9 36.0 -2.7 5.6 9.5 4.0 13.0 4.9 6.1 8
Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset -6.6 2.7 0.7 -9.1 -6.2 -6.0 -6.6 -8.8 -4.4 -7.4 -6.5 9
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset -3.3 61.4 45.8 60.7 78.3 14.9 15.9 11.0 19.7 -8.1 27.1 10
Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset -2.0 1.2 -2.4 -0.1 -1.1 -0.4 1.6 -2.6 -1.5 -2.4 -1.2 11
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset -41.8 -4.1 -72.7 -11.0 -186.1 -85.9 -67.7 -115.8 -30.9 -37.6 -88.9 12
Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset 12.1 0.7 22.3 -28.7 -9.3 -9.9 -12.6 -3.6 -16.6 -18.6 -26.6 13
Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets 81.7 -17.7 16.3 -12.9 103.7 60.0 45.7 94.6 -8.6 47.6 65.1 14
Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset -2.7 -8.3 12.9 -9.5 -2.7 0.6 2.4 -1.1 0.8 -0.7 -0.8 15
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset -5.3 13.4 1.7 -12.4 -4.1 -1.9 -2.3 -2.7 4.6 1.2 -2.3 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset 63.0 -32.1 -19.5 -11.6 110.9 54.2 44.8 108.9 -21.4 51.3 70.5 17
Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets 26.8 9.3 21.2 20.6 -0.4 7.1 0.8 -10.5 7.4 -4.2 -2.3 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) 57.3 47.5 46.6 22.6 -7.9 -22.5 -24.0 -22.6 -22.6 -22.6 -22.6 19

NOTES

  1. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  2. Assets of private pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
  3. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  4. Actuarial value of accrued defined benefit pension entitlements.
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