Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
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Release Date: December 10, 2015
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L.117 Private and Public Pension Funds 1

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted


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Pension funds; total financial assets 13160.9 14536.8 14909.3 15747.1 16904.6 17608.3 17377.3 17608.3 17790.3 17894.2 17702.6 1
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset 13.8 16.5 22.5 20.8 20.3 21.6 22.1 21.6 22.2 21.8 22.2 2
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset 61.1 65.5 69.0 62.0 69.4 73.9 72.6 73.9 76.8 78.6 80.3 3
Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset 186.4 178.2 195.5 174.6 190.7 186.9 186.7 186.9 188.5 189.0 191.3 4
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.5 6.1 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.9 7.0 7.1 5
Pension funds; debt securities; asset 2691.3 2912.0 3093.2 3293.5 3578.1 3731.6 3658.3 3731.6 3647.1 3519.8 3447.2 6
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset 78.3 80.5 84.7 76.2 85.1 91.0 90.0 91.0 95.8 98.2 98.7 7
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset 1528.7 1646.9 1791.1 1920.4 2039.9 2127.0 2066.5 2127.0 2018.9 1889.6 1801.0 8
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 344.9 354.3 318.4 296.8 292.0 276.3 283.1 276.3 272.7 268.0 264.4 9
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset 1.5 2.3 1.8 2.1 3.6 4.7 4.0 4.7 3.4 5.3 5.3 10
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 737.8 828.0 897.2 998.1 1157.5 1232.5 1214.7 1232.5 1256.3 1258.7 1277.7 11
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset 35.6 38.0 32.9 33.1 31.8 31.7 32.5 31.7 28.7 28.5 27.8 12
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset 3373.9 3855.5 3662.7 4065.1 4887.7 5158.6 4968.8 5158.6 5229.7 5185.1 4698.1 13
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset 2204.2 2495.3 2410.1 2689.9 3279.0 3533.4 3445.6 3533.4 3594.3 3606.5 3463.3 14
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets 4588.8 4969.9 5417.5 5402.6 4841.6 4864.0 4984.3 4864.0 4996.1 5257.8 5765.3 15
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 587.0 617.5 623.4 640.0 655.7 667.8 661.3 667.8 675.1 673.3 648.1 16
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset 75.4 90.8 93.8 81.4 79.0 77.9 78.4 77.9 79.6 79.9 79.1 17
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset 3328.6 3634.2 4027.9 3977.9 3365.2 3345.5 3472.5 3345.5 3456.9 3715.8 4250.0 18
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets 597.8 627.4 672.4 703.3 741.8 772.9 772.2 772.9 784.5 788.8 788.1 19
Pension funds; total liabilities 13302.0 14679.8 15056.6 15907.7 17087.2 17804.2 17570.7 17804.2 17989.0 18091.3 17898.2 20
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) 9315.4 10172.8 10563.6 10907.3 11196.0 11505.8 11428.4 11505.8 11582.7 11659.7 11735.1 21
Pension funds; total funded assets 5986.9 6538.6 6535.7 6930.6 7830.8 8160.4 7955.9 8160.4 8186.7 8071.4 7685.1 22
Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset 3328.6 3634.2 4027.9 3976.7 3365.2 3345.5 3472.5 3345.5 3396.0 3588.2 4050.1 23
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets 19232.7 21317.6 21936.6 23592.0 26049.5 27310.1 26945.8 27310.1 27669.8 27795.0 ND 24
Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets 9174.4 10029.8 10416.3 10746.7 11013.4 11309.9 11234.9 11309.9 11384.0 11462.5 11539.5 25
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets 3986.6 4507.0 4493.1 5000.4 5891.2 6298.4 6142.3 6298.4 6406.3 6431.6 6163.0 26
All sectors; IRAs; liability 4488.0 5029.0 5241.0 5907.0 6966.0 7443.0 7343.0 7443.0 7600.0 7629.0 ND 27
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability 1583.7 1751.8 1786.2 1937.9 2178.9 2258.8 2225.5 2258.8 2279.5 2271.8 ND 28

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. 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. 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.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  10. Annuities held in IRAs at life insurance companies are excluded. They are included in line 27.
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