Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

F.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


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Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets(2) FA344090045 89.5 93.0 96.4 94.3 96.3 96.7 96.5 96.0 96.5 1
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset FA344022045 69.1 75.9 83.2 -87.6 659.8 81.2 48.2 71.2 132.2 2
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset(3) FA343061165 68.9 75.4 83.7 -90.9 660.3 81.6 48.7 71.8 132.6 3
Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343061733 -0.1 0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 4
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343063033 0.3 0.5 -0.4 3.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 -0.4 5
Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FA343064133 -1.7 -1.6 -0.8 -4.0 -0.9 -0.6 -0.8 -1.0 -0.8 6
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset(4) FA343073045 22.1 18.7 14.0 185.9 -562.6 16.1 49.0 25.9 -34.9 7
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)(5) FA344190045 89.5 93.0 96.4 94.3 96.3 96.7 96.5 96.0 96.5 8

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NOTES

  1. Includes Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Railroad Retirement Board, judicial retirement fund, Military Retirement Fund, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and the National Railroad Investment Trust.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  5. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
Last update: March 9, 2017