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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 | 14532.1 | 14903.6 | 15741.1 | 16895.3 | 17570.9 | 17916.7 | 17752.7 | 17853.1 | 17620.9 | 17916.7 | 18025.1 | 1 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | 16.4 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.2 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | 63.9 | 68.0 | 61.4 | 68.3 | 73.2 | 80.1 | 76.4 | 78.0 | 77.4 | 80.1 | 81.9 | 3 |
| Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset | 192.3 | 208.2 | 187.6 | 203.4 | 199.0 | 206.9 | 201.8 | 201.1 | 201.6 | 206.9 | 210.1 | 4 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | 2860.7 | 3036.8 | 3233.2 | 3520.7 | 3675.1 | 3787.7 | 3590.0 | 3462.5 | 3357.2 | 3787.7 | 3798.0 | 6 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | 74.5 | 78.9 | 71.3 | 79.1 | 85.5 | 92.7 | 89.2 | 91.1 | 89.8 | 92.7 | 94.9 | 7 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset | 1626.7 | 1766.3 | 1894.4 | 2018.6 | 2107.1 | 2200.5 | 2000.3 | 1872.7 | 1776.2 | 2200.5 | 2190.7 | 8 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | 339.3 | 304.1 | 282.8 | 278.2 | 263.1 | 248.3 | 259.0 | 253.5 | 247.5 | 248.3 | 245.7 | 9 |
| State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; municipal securities; asset | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 10 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 818.3 | 886.0 | 983.3 | 1142.4 | 1216.2 | 1243.3 | 1239.5 | 1241.4 | 1241.5 | 1243.3 | 1263.8 | 11 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | 38.0 | 32.9 | 33.1 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 28.4 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 28.1 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | 3647.8 | 3470.1 | 3850.2 | 4623.0 | 4871.6 | 4616.3 | 4939.6 | 4897.5 | 4476.8 | 4616.3 | 4551.9 | 13 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | 2688.9 | 2590.6 | 2890.5 | 3513.3 | 3770.3 | 3721.3 | 3832.3 | 3840.9 | 3595.1 | 3721.3 | 3732.0 | 14 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | 5018.1 | 5469.0 | 5459.9 | 4909.1 | 4922.8 | 5446.5 | 5055.8 | 5316.3 | 5856.6 | 5446.5 | 5592.8 | 15 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset | 626.4 | 633.7 | 653.3 | 675.9 | 677.0 | 676.4 | 684.4 | 683.0 | 660.3 | 676.4 | 678.0 | 16 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | 90.8 | 93.8 | 81.4 | 79.0 | 77.9 | 80.7 | 79.6 | 79.9 | 79.8 | 80.7 | 79.2 | 17 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3977.9 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3840.8 | 3456.9 | 3715.4 | 4276.5 | 3840.8 | 3978.9 | 18 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | 666.8 | 713.6 | 747.2 | 789.0 | 822.5 | 848.6 | 834.9 | 838.1 | 840.0 | 848.6 | 856.6 | 19 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | 14675.1 | 15050.9 | 15901.7 | 17077.9 | 17766.8 | 18107.9 | 17951.4 | 18050.7 | 17810.8 | 18107.9 | 18217.6 | 20 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | 10172.8 | 10563.6 | 10907.3 | 11196.0 | 11505.8 | 11813.0 | 11582.6 | 11659.6 | 11735.7 | 11813.0 | 11889.9 | 21 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets | 6538.6 | 6535.7 | 6930.6 | 7830.8 | 8160.3 | 7972.1 | 8186.6 | 8071.8 | 7659.1 | 7972.1 | 7911.0 | 22 |
| Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3976.7 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3840.8 | 3396.0 | 3587.8 | 4076.6 | 3840.8 | 3978.9 | 23 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets | 21305.7 | 21834.5 | 23454.1 | 25898.3 | 27091.4 | 27504.3 | 27463.4 | 27632.7 | 26974.6 | 27504.3 | ND | 24 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets | 10029.8 | 10416.3 | 10746.7 | 11013.4 | 11309.9 | 11621.8 | 11384.0 | 11462.1 | 11545.8 | 11621.8 | 11697.4 | 25 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | 4502.3 | 4487.3 | 4994.4 | 5881.9 | 6261.0 | 6294.9 | 6368.7 | 6391.0 | 6075.1 | 6294.9 | 6327.7 | 26 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability | 5029.0 | 5153.0 | 5785.0 | 6835.0 | 7266.0 | 7329.0 | 7445.0 | 7504.0 | 7133.0 | 7329.0 | ND | 27 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability | 1744.7 | 1777.9 | 1928.0 | 2167.9 | 2254.5 | 2258.6 | 2265.6 | 2275.6 | 2220.7 | 2258.6 | ND | 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 items on table L.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
- Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 27.
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