L.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2021 2022 2023 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 Line
Pension funds; total financial assets (2) FL594090005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL593020005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL593030005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3
Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset FL593034005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL592051005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5
Pension funds; debt securities; asset LM594022005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset FL593069105 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset LM593061105 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM593061705 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset LM593062045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM593063005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11
Pension funds; loans; asset FL594023005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12
Federal government retirement funds; other loans and advances; asset (3) FL343069005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL593065005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset LM593064105 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM593064205 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL593090005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) FL593095005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 18
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) FL593073005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL593093005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21
Pension funds; total liabilities (6) FL594190005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL594190045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 23
Defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets (7) FL592000075 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24
Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL593073045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (8) FL153050015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 26
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL594190045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FL594090055 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28
All sectors; IRAs; liability (9) LM893131573 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (10) FL543150015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30

NOTES

  1. Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government 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. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  6. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  7. Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  8. Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
  9. IRA assets are not included above. See memo items on table L.229 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  10. Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 29.
Last Update: February 23, 2024