Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

F.118.b Private Pension Funds Defined Benefit Plans

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


Description		 Series code 2014
2015
2016
2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2		 2016
Q3		 2016
Q4
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Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets(1) FA574090045 -20.4 -33.7 -44.4 -35.8 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 1
Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA573020043 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.3 2
Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FA573030043 2.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.2 3
Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FA573034043 2.3 -0.3 0.7 -0.2 -0.2 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.1 4
Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FA572051043 0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 5
Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset FA574022045 14.5 21.5 9.3 21.1 22.3 10.9 11.1 10.8 4.4 6
Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset FA573069143 2.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.3 7
Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FA573061143 -5.0 5.7 -0.4 6.0 6.1 -1.2 -1.0 0.2 0.5 8
Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA573061743 -2.8 -3.3 -1.5 -3.7 -2.9 -1.4 -2.0 -1.9 -0.7 9
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA573063043 20.3 18.0 10.3 17.7 18.0 12.4 12.9 11.5 4.3 10
Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset FA573065043 0.1 -2.0 -0.4 -2.2 -1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 11
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset FA573064143 -141.5 -112.0 -62.6 -114.1 -115.3 -60.0 -86.5 -76.0 -28.0 12
Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset FA573064243 1.0 -9.5 -1.8 -7.7 -10.6 -0.7 -1.4 -2.9 -2.0 13
Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FA573090045 98.9 67.5 8.9 66.3 59.9 3.0 29.7 22.1 -19.2 14
Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset(2) FA573095405 -3.0 -5.4 -1.4 -7.0 -5.5 -0.9 -1.7 -2.1 -1.0 15
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FA573074043 -3.9 -4.5 -2.0 -5.2 -3.4 -1.7 -2.7 -2.6 -1.0 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset(3) FA573073005 85.4 66.9 4.7 68.9 59.2 -0.8 22.6 17.5 -20.3 17
Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA573093043 20.4 10.5 7.6 9.5 9.7 6.4 11.5 9.4 3.2 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)(4) FA574190043 -20.5 -33.7 -44.4 -35.8 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 19

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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.
Last update: March 9, 2017