F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Description Series code 2021 2022 2023 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 Line
Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) FA596330005 1.2 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 1
Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA595013005 4.3 4.9 5.3 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 2
Pension funds; total financial assets (2) FA594090005 302.9 409.1 494 386.2 380.2 520.8 467.5 492.2 495.6 3
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA593020005 4.4 -2.9 5.5 -8 1.1 -6.9 19.5 4.7 4.9 4
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FA593030005 0.6 5 -1.8 -6 26.5 -13.7 -9.9 12.6 3.9 5
Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset FA593034005 10.1 10.2 10.8 19.3 22.4 7.9 -5.4 27.2 13.6 6
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FA592051005 20 21.9 15.2 54.3 58.2 26.7 -146.6 156.8 23.7 7
Pension funds; debt securities; asset FA594022005 338.7 174.8 219.7 201.4 133.1 331 208.4 185 154.5 8
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset FA593069105 12.9 -6.9 5.1 -34.9 -11.1 3.1 5.2 10.1 1.9 9
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FA593061105 149.4 44.9 180.1 68.4 64.5 276.3 164 190.1 89.9 10
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA593061705 39.7 2.5 -1.2 -15.4 -1 -32.8 79.1 -51.2 0.3 11
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset FA593062045 -0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA593063005 136.7 134.4 35.7 183.3 80.7 84.4 -39.9 36 62.4 13
Pension funds; loans; asset FA594023005 162 246.1 253.7 83.7 295.4 19.2 324.4 38.8 632.2 14
Federal government retirement funds; other loans and advances; asset (3) FA343069005 161.1 245.6 254.1 80 299.7 17.6 327.1 38.3 633.4 15
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset FA593065005 0.8 0.6 -0.4 3.7 -4.3 1.6 -2.7 0.5 -1.2 16
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset FA593064105 -397.8 -183.3 -190.6 -119.8 42 -491.9 32 -134.5 -168.2 17
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset FA593064205 -245.8 -78.4 -6 -67.6 -232.1 281.9 -159.2 -77.6 -69 18
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FA593090005 410.6 215.6 187.5 229 33.6 366.6 204.2 279 -100 19
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) FA593095005 7.7 8.4 14 6.5 26.2 22 11.6 5.7 16.8 20
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FA573074005 -6.5 -1.9 -2.9 -1.4 -0.7 -4.7 -3.6 -1.3 -2.1 21
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) FA593073005 304.4 129.6 122.7 262.3 -31.4 348.5 19 347.5 -224.3 22
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA593093005 105.1 79.5 53.7 -38.4 39.6 0.8 177.3 -72.8 109.6 23
Pension funds; total liabilities FA594190005 306 411.7 496.8 388.8 382.8 523.6 470.3 494.9 498.4 24
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) FA153050015 730.8 298 ND 143.9 462.9 620.2 778.1 416.2 ND 25
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FA594190045 295.2 374.8 406.9 384.8 406.4 407 406.8 405.8 407.7 26
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FA594090055 10.9 36.9 90 4.1 -23.6 116.5 63.5 89.1 90.7 27
All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) FA893131573 475 -242.6 ND -437 38.2 28.2 196.9 -22.9 ND 28
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) FA543150015 -50.3 128.9 ND 192.1 41.8 68.4 110.9 -55.9 ND 29

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. Nonmarketable Treasury securities classified as loans and suspended reinvestments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund.
  4. Includes products sold by life insurance companies, such as variable annuities and guaranteed investment contracts; 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.229 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  8. Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 28.
Last Update: March 7, 2024