Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates| Description | Series code | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 2018 Q1 | 2018 Q2 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) | FA596330005 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products | FA595013005 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 348.9 | 385.5 | 420.2 | 465.6 | 418.1 | 316.9 | 480 | 324.9 | 358.7 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | 3.6 | 3 | -11.4 | -20.8 | -17.6 | -2.3 | -4.9 | -6.6 | -6.8 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | -4.1 | -0.3 | -2.8 | -4 | -1.3 | -1.9 | -4 | -5 | -4.1 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | -2.8 | 16.9 | -12.3 | -15.5 | -7.3 | -8.6 | -18 | -18.8 | -13.3 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | -0.3 | 0.9 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.2 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 85.4 | 146.6 | 52.2 | -332.2 | -298.6 | 1190.3 | -350.6 | 1099.9 | 428.1 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | -3.6 | 11.2 | -6.1 | -7.7 | 0.2 | -3.8 | -13 | -10.9 | -5.5 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 56.3 | 167.4 | -3.7 | -338.7 | -260.4 | 1056.1 | -471.8 | 898.7 | 220 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | -11.7 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 0 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 36.3 | 16.3 | 19.6 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | -1.5 | 5.7 | -3.3 | 0.2 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | 44.3 | -41.7 | 49.2 | 14.2 | -42.1 | 132.6 | 92.2 | 199.2 | 193.8 | 13 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | -2.2 | 7.3 | -10.8 | -16.7 | -8.5 | -22.8 | 4.7 | -4.4 | -7.8 | 14 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -6.6 | -216.8 | -174.4 | -276.3 | -49.6 | -161 | -210.8 | -114.7 | -147.7 | 15 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | 23.2 | -37.1 | 13.7 | 59.4 | 50.1 | -75.4 | 20.7 | 10 | -92 | 16 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 252.7 | 464.9 | 567 | 1072.6 | 751.4 | -600.7 | 1044.6 | -634 | 203.5 | 17 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | -16.2 | 22 | 21.9 | 10.8 | 15.7 | 22.8 | 38.4 | -17.4 | 5.7 | 18 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | 15.2 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 13.2 | 13 | 13.6 | 19 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 269.2 | 341.6 | 467.4 | 953.7 | 671.7 | -681.8 | 925.8 | -658.8 | 117.5 | 20 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | -15.5 | 97.4 | 68.8 | 95.6 | 60.5 | 51.8 | 67.2 | 29.2 | 66.7 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 320.1 | 347.7 | 400.8 | 438.1 | 362.3 | 319.9 | 483.1 | 331.7 | 348 | 22 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 742.4 | 580.6 | 512.2 | 445 | 381.2 | 291.1 | 931.5 | 406.2 | ND | 23 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 285.4 | 291.4 | 293.3 | 295 | 297 | 295.6 | 285.5 | 284.8 | 285.3 | 24 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | 34.7 | 56.3 | 107.6 | 143.1 | 65.3 | 24.3 | 197.6 | 46.9 | 62.6 | 25 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 339.2 | 255.3 | 140.2 | 24.6 | 39.9 | 16.4 | 480 | 87.6 | ND | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | 83.1 | -22.5 | -28.9 | -17.7 | -21.1 | -45.2 | -31.6 | -13.1 | ND | 27 |
NOTES
- Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government employee retirement funds defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
- Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
- Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
- Assets of pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
- Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
- Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
- IRA assets are not included above. See memo item on table F.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
- Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 26.
Last Update: September 20, 2018