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Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

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


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Series code 2014
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Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets(2) FL344090045 3244.2 3333.8 3427.8 3310.1 3333.8 3357.2 3380.7 3404.2 3427.8 1
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset FL344022045 1427.5 1503.4 1586.6 1291.0 1503.4 1488.4 1488.6 1506.0 1586.6 2
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset(3) FL343061165 1422.6 1498.0 1581.7 1285.5 1498.0 1483.1 1483.5 1501.0 1581.7 3
Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FL343061733 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 4
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FL343063033 4.5 5.0 4.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 5
Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset LM343064133 10.5 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 6
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset(4) FL343073045 1806.2 1821.7 1832.4 2010.7 1821.7 1860.2 1883.5 1889.5 1832.4 7
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)(5) FL344190045 3244.2 3333.8 3427.8 3310.1 3333.8 3357.2 3380.7 3404.2 3427.8 8

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NOTES

  1. Includes Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Railroad Retirement Board, judicial retirement fund, Military Retirement Fund, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and the National Railroad Investment Trust.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  5. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
Last update: March 9, 2017