Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.118.b Private Pension Funds Defined Benefit Plans

2016:Q2 Release Date: September 16, 2016

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


Description		 Series code 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2015
Q2		 2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2
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Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets FL574090045 2835.7 2947.1 3018.8 3094.9 3186.4 3270.3 3231.6 3252.0 3270.3 3288.6 3306.9 1
Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL573020043 7.7 9.5 8.4 8.7 10.9 11.7 11.2 11.4 11.7 11.8 12.0 2
Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL573030043 27.5 28.7 25.4 29.8 31.8 32.3 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.5 32.6 3
Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL573034043 34.7 34.3 30.3 35.7 38.0 37.7 37.9 37.8 37.7 37.7 37.5 4
Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL572051043 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 5
Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset FL574022045 596.9 677.4 761.3 835.6 850.1 871.7 860.8 866.1 871.7 877.7 882.5 6
Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset FL573069143 30.2 31.3 27.6 32.5 34.6 35.7 35.2 35.5 35.7 35.8 35.7 7
Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FL573061143 119.4 152.4 188.3 185.7 180.6 186.3 183.3 184.8 186.3 187.7 189.1 8
Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FL573061743 119.0 119.7 110.6 104.4 101.6 98.3 100.0 99.1 98.3 97.5 96.6 9
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL573063043 328.3 374.1 434.7 513.0 533.3 551.2 542.3 546.7 551.2 556.8 561.0 10
Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL573065043 18.2 15.8 15.7 14.6 14.7 12.7 13.6 13.1 12.7 12.3 11.8 11
Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset LM573064143 1010.7 929.5 1048.0 1165.0 1137.9 1008.5 1094.3 981.2 1008.5 985.1 978.7 12
Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM573064243 348.1 356.3 359.3 407.9 425.6 405.3 427.8 398.1 405.3 403.6 408.6 13
Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL573090045 789.2 893.0 768.1 594.7 674.3 887.7 751.0 909.3 887.7 925.4 940.6 14
Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL573095405 52.8 64.5 58.2 60.8 59.8 53.7 58.1 54.1 53.7 51.3 49.3 15
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074043 63.1 64.8 52.4 48.3 44.4 39.9 42.1 40.8 39.9 37.9 35.8 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL573073005 448.5 517.6 390.9 219.4 283.5 497.0 358.4 519.6 497.0 536.1 551.6 17
Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL573093043 224.8 246.0 266.6 266.3 286.7 297.2 292.4 294.8 297.2 300.2 303.9 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL574190043 2872.2 2983.7 3055.4 3131.4 3222.9 3306.9 3268.1 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 19

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NOTES

  1. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  2. Assets of private pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
  3. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  4. Actuarial value of accrued defined benefit pension entitlements.
Last update: September 16, 2016