F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Description Series code 2015 2016 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 Line
Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) FA596330005 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1
Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA595013005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pension funds; total financial assets (2) FA594090005 268.5 406.6 517.4 367.1 320.6 421.1 421.2 354.5 352.6 3
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA593020005 4.2 12.8 -3.1 11.9 13.8 28.5 -3.4 -5.2 8.6 4
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FA593030005 -5.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 -0 -0.4 -2 -0.7 -0.6 5
Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FA593034005 -3.9 12.6 -9.5 13.9 15.2 30.9 -11.2 -9.8 8.2 6
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FA592051005 -0.4 1.1 -0.5 1.1 1.3 2.4 -0.8 -0.6 0.6 7
Pension funds; debt securities; asset FA594022005 78.4 186.8 145.3 96 192.7 313.1 -290.8 -293 1162.5 8
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset FA593069105 -4.3 12.4 -5.9 12.8 14.6 28.1 -8.4 -6.9 7 9
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) FA593061105 55.2 130.2 88.2 118.2 133.2 181.4 -400.6 -331.5 1075 10
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA593061705 -12.2 19.2 -3.5 39.5 22 18.7 23 19.4 21.9 11
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset FA593062045 0 -0.5 0.1 -0.1 -2 0.1 1.1 1.3 0.1 12
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA593063005 39.7 25.4 66.4 -74.5 24.8 84.8 94.1 24.8 58.5 13
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset FA593065005 -1.9 -0.3 2.2 1.5 -2.8 -2.3 -2.6 5.6 -0.5 14
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset FA593064105 -41.6 -164.4 -29.3 -102.8 -197.3 -328.1 -319.9 -81.9 -258 15
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset FA593064205 -2.8 -0.8 92.3 32.5 -42.2 -86 40.9 21.5 -24.6 16
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FA593090005 241.6 359.4 321.7 312.9 339.9 463.1 1011 718.8 -543.5 17
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) FA593095005 -21.5 9.3 15.4 5.7 13 3.1 13.5 15.3 23.6 18
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FA573074005 14.7 5.6 6.3 3.3 3.1 9.5 8.5 1.8 5.6 19
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) FA593073005 262.4 284.8 264.4 251 302.5 321.4 940.1 693.6 -613.2 20
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA593093005 -14 59.7 35.6 52.9 21.3 129.1 48.8 8.1 40.5 21
Pension funds; total liabilities FA594190005 268.3 406.4 517.2 367 320.4 421 421.1 354.4 352.4 22
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) FA153050015 545.9 595.2 773.2 405.1 383.1 819.4 422.6 309.1 ND 23
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FA594190045 292.2 287.2 286.7 284.5 288.1 289.7 288.7 287.8 288.4 24
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FA594090055 -23.9 119.2 230.6 82.4 32.4 131.3 132.3 66.5 64 25
All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) FA893131573 198.9 184.8 231.8 71.8 58 377.5 57 1.7 ND 26
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) FA543150015 78.7 4 24.2 -33.7 4.7 20.9 -55.5 -47.1 ND 27

NOTES

  1. Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government employee retirement funds defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
  4. Assets of pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
  5. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  6. Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
  7. IRA assets are not included above. See memo item on table F.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  8. Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 26.
Last Update: December 7, 2017