Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.118 Private Pension Funds (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

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


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; total financial assets(2) FL574090005 8425.5 8630.9 9086.1 8446.4 8630.9 8723.5 8839.2 9016.8 9086.1 1
Private pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL573020005 18.8 19.9 22.2 19.3 19.9 20.5 21.2 21.6 22.2 2
Private pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL573030005 35.5 36.8 38.3 36.5 36.8 37.3 37.7 38.0 38.3 3
Private pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL573034005 155.6 151.0 155.7 151.2 151.0 153.3 153.8 154.3 155.7 4
Private pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL572051005 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 5
Private pension funds; debt securities; asset FL574022005 1181.2 1226.6 1257.9 1215.4 1226.6 1233.6 1242.5 1249.1 1257.9 6
Private pension funds; total commercial paper; asset FL573069105 43.2 46.3 49.0 45.6 46.3 47.1 47.8 48.3 49.0 7
Private pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FL573061105 295.6 317.1 325.8 313.7 317.1 318.2 320.9 322.5 325.8 8
Private pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FL573061705 163.1 154.4 152.2 154.8 154.4 154.0 153.0 152.5 152.2 9
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL573063005 679.3 708.8 731.0 701.3 708.8 714.4 720.8 725.8 731.0 10
Private pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL573065005 24.0 21.3 21.3 21.6 21.3 21.4 21.3 21.2 21.3 11
Private pension funds, including 403(b) plans; corporate equities; asset LM573064105 2284.3 2163.9 2326.9 2071.4 2163.9 2160.7 2184.7 2251.7 2326.9 12
Private pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM573064205 3175.5 3216.7 3416.0 3126.8 3216.7 3260.9 3320.7 3430.9 3416.0 13
Private pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL573090005 1547.6 1792.0 1845.0 1801.4 1792.0 1833.1 1854.4 1847.1 1845.0 14
Private pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset(3) FL573095005 527.4 517.6 543.0 511.8 517.6 527.6 533.1 541.3 543.0 15
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074005 76.1 71.8 70.4 72.7 71.8 71.5 71.0 70.4 70.4 16
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset(4) FL573073005 283.5 497.4 496.0 520.1 497.4 522.0 528.4 507.5 496.0 17
Private pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL573093005 660.6 705.2 735.6 696.9 705.2 711.9 721.9 727.8 735.6 18
Private pension funds; total liabilities(5) FL574190005 8462.0 8667.5 9122.7 8483.0 8667.5 8760.1 8875.8 9053.4 9122.7 19
Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL574190043 3222.9 3306.9 3380.2 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 3361.8 3380.2 20
Private defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets(6) FL572000075 2939.5 2809.5 2884.2 2768.5 2809.5 2803.2 2815.1 2854.3 2884.2 21
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL573073005 283.5 497.4 496.0 520.1 497.4 522.0 528.4 507.5 496.0 22
Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets FL574090045 3186.4 3270.3 3343.5 3252.0 3270.3 3288.6 3306.9 3325.2 3343.5 23
Private defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FL574090055 5239.1 5360.6 5742.5 5194.4 5360.6 5434.8 5532.3 5691.5 5742.5 24

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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. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  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. Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  7. Additional detail on defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans is available on tables L.118.b and L.118.c.
Last update: March 9, 2017