Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.118 Private Pension Funds

2016:Q2 Release Date: September 16, 2016

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


Description		 Series code 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2015
Q2		 2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2
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Private pension funds; total financial assets FL574090005 6599.8 6713.7 7240.6 8098.6 8425.5 8632.4 8713.1 8448.1 8632.4 8718.0 8838.7 1
Private pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL573020005 12.4 17.9 16.0 15.6 18.8 19.9 18.6 19.3 19.9 20.5 21.1 2
Private pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL573030005 30.9 32.7 28.9 33.6 35.5 36.8 36.2 36.5 36.8 37.2 37.6 3
Private pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL573034005 141.9 159.0 142.2 154.7 155.6 151.0 148.7 151.2 151.0 152.9 154.8 4
Private pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL572051005 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 5
Private pension funds; debt securities; asset FL574022005 851.9 927.0 1069.8 1159.6 1181.2 1226.6 1201.7 1215.4 1226.6 1236.9 1246.9 6
Private pension funds; total commercial paper; asset FL573069105 38.1 40.5 35.8 41.2 43.2 46.3 44.9 45.6 46.3 46.8 47.3 7
Private pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FL573061105 199.9 238.4 301.8 299.8 295.6 317.1 308.8 313.7 317.1 319.8 322.9 8
Private pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FL573061705 178.8 169.4 171.3 165.5 163.1 154.4 155.1 154.8 154.4 153.5 152.8 9
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL573063005 435.0 478.7 560.8 653.0 679.3 708.8 692.9 701.3 708.8 716.8 723.9 10
Private pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL573065005 26.5 21.9 23.1 22.4 24.0 21.3 22.0 21.6 21.3 21.0 20.7 11
Private pension funds, including 403(b) plans; corporate equities; asset LM573064105 1778.1 1680.4 1890.7 2243.8 2284.3 2163.9 2271.8 2071.4 2163.9 2148.6 2172.1 12
Private pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM573064205 2220.2 2203.8 2484.4 3007.6 3175.5 3216.7 3358.3 3126.8 3216.7 3259.1 3317.6 13
Private pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL573090005 1535.2 1668.3 1583.2 1458.6 1547.6 1793.5 1653.0 1803.1 1793.5 1839.1 1865.2 14
Private pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL573095005 466.2 483.9 503.7 525.5 527.4 519.5 530.9 513.9 519.5 519.9 523.7 15
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074005 90.8 93.8 81.4 79.0 76.1 71.8 73.7 72.7 71.8 69.9 68.1 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL573073005 448.5 517.6 390.9 219.4 283.5 497.0 358.4 519.6 497.0 536.1 551.6 17
Private pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL573093005 529.7 573.1 607.2 634.8 660.6 705.2 690.0 696.9 705.2 713.3 721.8 18
Private pension funds; total liabilities FL574190005 6636.3 6750.2 7277.1 8135.1 8462.0 8669.0 8749.7 8484.7 8669.0 8754.6 8875.3 19
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL574190043 2872.2 2983.7 3055.4 3131.4 3222.9 3306.9 3268.1 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 20
Private defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets FL572000075 2423.7 2466.1 2664.5 2912.0 2939.5 2809.9 2909.7 2768.9 2809.9 2789.2 2791.9 21
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL573073005 448.5 517.6 390.9 219.4 283.5 497.0 358.4 519.6 497.0 536.1 551.6 22
Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets FL574090045 2835.7 2947.1 3018.8 3094.9 3186.4 3270.3 3231.6 3252.0 3270.3 3288.6 3306.9 23
Private defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FL574090055 3764.1 3766.5 4221.8 5003.7 5239.1 5362.1 5481.6 5196.1 5362.1 5429.4 5531.8 24

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NOTES

  1. Private defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans (including 401(k) type plans).
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Assets of private pension plans held at life insurance companies; 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 and defined contribution plans is available on tables L.118.b and L.118.c.
Last update: September 16, 2016