F.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans (1)
Billions of dollars
Description Series code 2014 2015 2016 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 Line
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets (2) FA344090045 89.0 93.1 97.7 96.5 96.6 98.8 99.1 98.2 97.3 1
Federal government retirement funds; checkable deposits and currency held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343020033 0.3 -0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 2
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset FA344022045 68.3 76.0 84.1 84.0 51.0 79.7 121.6 -21.5 -236.1 3
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) FA343061165 68.8 75.4 83.8 84.8 51.4 78.3 120.7 -21.9 -236.3 4
Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343061733 -0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 5
Federal government retirement funds; municipal securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343062033 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 6
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343063033 -0.2 0.6 0.0 -0.7 -0.4 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 7
Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343064135 -1.2 -1.8 -1.1 0.5 -0.2 -2.8 -1.9 -2.6 -1.7 8
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset (4) FA343073045 21.6 18.9 14.9 12.1 45.9 21.9 -20.4 122.4 335.1 9
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FA344190045 89.0 93.1 97.7 96.5 96.6 98.8 99.1 98.2 97.3 10

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. Comprised primarily of nonmarketable Treasury securities.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
Last Update: September 21, 2017