Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

F.118 Private Pension Funds (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


Description		 Series code 2014
2015
2016
2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2		 2016
Q3		 2016
Q4
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Private pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) FA576330005 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
Private pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA575013005 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
Private pension funds; total financial assets(2) FA574090005 -13.6 65.3 54.1 -12.5 74.3 212.2 38.2 -27.6 -6.3 3
Private pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA573020005 3.3 1.0 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.9 1.8 2.2 4
Private pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FA573030005 1.9 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.2 5
Private pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FA573034005 0.9 -4.6 4.7 10.1 -0.6 8.8 2.2 2.1 5.6 6
Private pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FA572051005 0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 7
Private pension funds; debt securities; asset FA574022005 21.6 45.4 31.3 54.7 44.8 28.0 35.6 26.4 35.1 8
Private pension funds; total commercial paper; asset FA573069105 2.0 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.0 2.4 9
Private pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FA573061105 -4.3 21.5 8.7 19.3 13.7 4.3 10.9 6.6 13.1 10
Private pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA573061705 -2.4 -8.7 -2.2 -1.2 -1.9 -1.3 -4.0 -2.4 -1.2 11
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA573063005 26.3 29.5 22.2 33.6 30.2 22.1 25.5 20.2 20.7 12
Private pension funds; total mortgages; asset FA573065005 1.7 -2.8 0.0 -1.7 -1.3 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 13
Private pension funds, including 403(b) plans; corporate equities; asset FA573064105 -183.9 -112.6 -56.7 -99.2 -104.2 -44.9 -84.4 -74.3 -23.4 14
Private pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset FA573064205 40.6 34.2 22.2 -49.7 39.9 149.8 14.1 -32.5 -42.5 15
Private pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FA573090005 100.3 103.6 48.8 69.8 92.2 65.7 66.1 48.1 15.2 16
Private pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset(3) FA573095005 -8.1 -3.6 15.0 -22.4 3.0 40.8 5.5 9.4 4.5 17
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FA573074005 -2.9 -4.3 -1.4 -4.4 -3.5 -1.1 -2.0 -2.3 -0.4 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset(4) FA573073005 85.4 66.9 4.7 68.9 59.2 -0.8 22.6 17.5 -20.3 19
Private pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA573093005 25.9 44.6 30.4 27.7 33.5 26.6 40.0 23.6 31.5 20
Private pension funds; total liabilities(5) FA574190005 -13.6 65.3 54.1 -12.5 74.3 212.2 38.2 -27.6 -6.3 21
Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets FA574090045 -20.4 -33.7 -44.4 -35.8 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 -44.4 22
Private defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FA574090055 6.9 99.1 98.6 23.3 118.8 256.7 82.6 16.8 38.1 23

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NOTES

  1. Private defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans (including 401(k) type plans).
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Assets of private pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  5. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  6. Additional detail on defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans is available on tables F.118.b and F.118.c.
Last update: March 9, 2017