Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates| Description | Series code | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 Q1 | 2016 Q2 | 2016 Q3 | 2016 Q4 | 2017 Q1 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) | FA596330005 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products | FA595013005 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 455.3 | 273.9 | 381.6 | 396.5 | 522.5 | 357.0 | 303.7 | 402.7 | 379.3 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | -0.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 9.1 | -5.1 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 27.6 | 5.1 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | 16.0 | 3.8 | -4.3 | 12.5 | -3.4 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 36.9 | 6.0 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 287.4 | 128.4 | 131.9 | 188.1 | 192.4 | 178.3 | 201.9 | 179.6 | -392.7 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 10.9 | -4.6 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 31.2 | 6.5 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 124.3 | 75.8 | 106.3 | 120.4 | 113.5 | 99.6 | 119.4 | 149.2 | -436.4 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | -4.7 | -7.1 | -15.2 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 10.3 | -3.0 | -1.5 | 11 |
| State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; municipal securities; asset | FA223062043 | 1.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | -1.2 | -1.6 | -0.2 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | 158.9 | 54.4 | 37.8 | 52.2 | 81.3 | 57.1 | 66.4 | 3.8 | 39.1 | 13 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | -1.2 | 2.2 | -3.2 | -3.2 | -4.7 | -0.1 | -6.6 | -1.3 | -2.3 | 14 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -377.6 | -312.6 | -179.1 | -154.2 | -65.3 | -171.0 | -203.3 | -177.3 | -132.0 | 15 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | 148.3 | 51.8 | 57.0 | 6.5 | 132.3 | 4.5 | -60.7 | -50.0 | -0.2 | 16 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 374.9 | 391.0 | 376.8 | 333.6 | 275.3 | 323.5 | 356.5 | 379.3 | 892.6 | 17 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | -8.5 | -14.5 | -5.1 | 19.0 | 30.6 | 10.6 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 38.6 | 18 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | -2.5 | -2.9 | -4.3 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -0.4 | -1.9 | 19 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 343.8 | 368.6 | 341.6 | 261.0 | 233.5 | 275.7 | 304.6 | 230.5 | 814.1 | 20 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 44.6 | 55.0 | 12.3 | 39.3 | 34.9 | 133.6 | 41.8 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities (6) | FA594190005 | 455.1 | 273.8 | 381.5 | 396.4 | 522.4 | 356.9 | 303.6 | 402.6 | 379.3 | 22 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (7) | FA153050015 | 740.8 | 518.9 | 645.2 | 577.3 | 768.5 | 397.1 | 363.3 | 780.3 | ND | 23 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090045 | 287.3 | 274.4 | 269.4 | 267.7 | 268.0 | 267.8 | 267.3 | 267.7 | 266.4 | 24 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | 167.9 | -0.5 | 112.1 | 128.8 | 254.5 | 89.2 | 36.4 | 134.9 | 112.9 | 25 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (8) | FA893131573 | 264.4 | 234.3 | 198.4 | 184.9 | 231.0 | 70.7 | 57.4 | 380.4 | ND | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (9) | FA543150015 | 21.1 | 10.7 | 65.3 | -4.1 | 15.0 | -30.6 | 2.3 | -2.9 | ND | 27 |
NOTES
- Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government employee 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.
- Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
- 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 item on table F.227 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
- Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 26.
Last Update: June 8, 2017