Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.118.b Private Pension Funds Defined Benefit Plans

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

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


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) FL574090045 3186.4 3270.3 3343.5 3252.0 3270.3 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 1
Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL573020043 10.9 11.7 12.4 11.4 11.7 11.8 12.1 12.3 12.4 2
Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL573030043 31.8 32.3 33.1 32.2 32.3 32.6 32.8 33.0 33.1 3
Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL573034043 38.0 37.7 38.4 37.8 37.7 38.0 38.2 38.4 38.4 4
Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL572051043 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 5
Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset FL574022045 850.1 871.7 881.0 866.1 871.7 874.4 877.2 879.8 881.0 6
Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset FL573069143 34.6 35.7 36.6 35.5 35.7 36.0 36.3 36.5 36.6 7
Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FL573061143 180.6 186.3 186.0 184.8 186.3 186.1 185.8 185.8 186.0 8
Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FL573061743 101.6 98.3 96.9 99.1 98.3 98.0 97.5 97.0 96.9 9
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL573063043 533.3 551.2 561.5 546.7 551.2 554.3 557.6 560.4 561.5 10
Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL573065043 14.7 12.7 12.3 13.1 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.3 11
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset LM573064143 1137.9 1008.5 1046.0 981.2 1008.5 997.2 996.4 1016.4 1046.0 12
Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM573064243 425.6 405.3 425.2 398.1 405.3 405.9 412.7 426.5 425.2 13
Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL573090045 674.3 887.7 892.5 909.3 887.7 913.3 922.2 903.6 892.5 14
Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset(2) FL573095405 59.8 53.3 53.8 53.7 53.3 53.0 53.3 53.9 53.8 15
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074043 44.4 39.9 37.9 40.8 39.9 39.5 38.8 38.1 37.9 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset(3) FL573073005 283.5 497.4 496.0 520.1 497.4 522.0 528.4 507.5 496.0 17
Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL573093043 286.7 297.2 304.8 294.8 297.2 298.8 301.7 304.0 304.8 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)(4) FL574190043 3222.9 3306.9 3380.2 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 3361.8 3380.2 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