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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 | 14536.8 | 14907.9 | 15745.7 | 16903.5 | 17577.3 | 17915.1 | 17577.3 | 17759.1 | 17862.7 | 17629.5 | 17915.1 | 1 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | 16.5 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 21.6 | 23.1 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 23.1 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | 65.5 | 69.0 | 62.0 | 69.4 | 73.9 | 79.9 | 73.9 | 76.8 | 78.6 | 77.9 | 79.9 | 3 |
| Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset | 178.2 | 195.5 | 174.6 | 190.7 | 186.9 | 194.5 | 186.9 | 188.5 | 189.0 | 190.8 | 194.5 | 4 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 5 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | 2912.0 | 3093.3 | 3293.6 | 3578.3 | 3732.8 | 3855.4 | 3732.8 | 3648.3 | 3521.0 | 3414.9 | 3855.4 | 6 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | 80.5 | 84.7 | 76.2 | 85.1 | 91.0 | 97.2 | 91.0 | 95.8 | 98.3 | 96.4 | 97.2 | 7 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset | 1646.9 | 1791.1 | 1920.4 | 2040.1 | 2127.5 | 2214.6 | 2127.5 | 2019.4 | 1890.1 | 1794.9 | 2214.6 | 8 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | 354.3 | 318.4 | 296.8 | 292.0 | 276.5 | 261.8 | 276.5 | 272.8 | 268.1 | 262.3 | 261.8 | 9 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 10 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 828.0 | 897.2 | 998.1 | 1157.5 | 1233.1 | 1278.5 | 1233.1 | 1256.8 | 1259.3 | 1257.9 | 1278.5 | 11 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | 38.0 | 32.9 | 33.1 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 27.5 | 31.7 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | 3855.5 | 3662.9 | 4065.2 | 4887.9 | 5144.5 | 4918.2 | 5144.5 | 5215.6 | 5171.0 | 4727.5 | 4918.2 | 13 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | 2495.3 | 2408.9 | 2688.7 | 3277.7 | 3533.0 | 3487.9 | 3533.0 | 3593.9 | 3606.1 | 3384.5 | 3487.9 | 14 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | 4969.9 | 5417.0 | 5402.2 | 4841.3 | 4846.3 | 5321.6 | 4846.3 | 4978.2 | 5239.6 | 5777.3 | 5321.6 | 15 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset | 617.5 | 623.0 | 639.5 | 655.4 | 650.1 | 645.9 | 650.1 | 657.2 | 655.5 | 629.9 | 645.9 | 16 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | 90.8 | 93.8 | 81.4 | 79.0 | 77.9 | 80.7 | 77.9 | 79.6 | 79.9 | 79.8 | 80.7 | 17 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3977.9 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3798.3 | 3345.5 | 3456.9 | 3715.4 | 4276.7 | 3798.3 | 18 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | 627.4 | 672.4 | 703.3 | 741.8 | 772.9 | 796.8 | 772.9 | 784.6 | 788.8 | 790.9 | 796.8 | 19 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | 14679.8 | 15055.2 | 15906.3 | 17086.0 | 17773.2 | 18097.3 | 17773.2 | 17957.8 | 18060.2 | 17819.2 | 18097.3 | 20 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | 10172.8 | 10563.6 | 10907.3 | 11196.0 | 11505.8 | 11813.0 | 11505.8 | 11582.6 | 11659.6 | 11735.7 | 11813.0 | 21 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets | 6538.6 | 6535.7 | 6930.6 | 7830.8 | 8160.3 | 8014.8 | 8160.3 | 8186.7 | 8071.8 | 7658.9 | 8014.8 | 22 |
| Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset | 3634.2 | 4027.9 | 3976.7 | 3365.2 | 3345.5 | 3798.3 | 3345.5 | 3396.0 | 3587.8 | 4076.8 | 3798.3 | 23 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets | 21319.3 | 21937.5 | 23594.5 | 26058.0 | 27301.7 | ND | 27301.7 | 27662.9 | 27797.3 | 27137.4 | ND | 24 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets | 10029.8 | 10416.3 | 10746.7 | 11013.4 | 11309.9 | 11630.9 | 11309.9 | 11384.0 | 11462.1 | 11546.0 | 11630.9 | 25 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | 4507.0 | 4491.6 | 4999.0 | 5890.0 | 6267.4 | 6284.3 | 6267.4 | 6375.2 | 6400.6 | 6083.5 | 6284.3 | 26 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability | 5029.0 | 5241.0 | 5907.0 | 6966.0 | 7443.0 | ND | 7443.0 | 7600.0 | 7629.0 | 7266.0 | ND | 27 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability | 1753.5 | 1788.6 | 1941.8 | 2188.5 | 2281.4 | ND | 2281.4 | 2303.8 | 2305.7 | 2241.9 | ND | 28 |
NOTES
- Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government 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. Negative values indicate overfunding.
- Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
- Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
- 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 items on table L.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
- Annuities held in IRAs at life insurance companies are excluded. They are included in line 27.
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