L.119 Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2014 2015 2016 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 Line
Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets (1) FL344090005 3688.4 3794.8 3925.5 3822.5 3852.5 3891.8 3925.5 3968.1 4004.7 1
Federal government retirement funds; checkable deposits and currency held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset FL343020033 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 2
Federal government retirement funds; debt securities; asset LM344022005 1643.6 1735.8 1836.7 1727.8 1732.4 1755.8 1836.7 1689.1 1585.8 3
Federal government retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset (2) LM343061105 1623.4 1714.8 1814.4 1706.2 1710.1 1732.7 1814.4 1666.6 1562.9 4
Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM343061705 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.9 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.9 5
Federal government retirement funds; municipal securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset LM343062033 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 6
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM343063005 11.9 12.6 13.5 12.9 13.3 13.8 13.5 13.6 13.9 7
Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities; asset LM343064105 240.2 240.3 260.8 238.1 240.8 250.5 260.8 277.2 288.2 8
Federal government retirement funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (3) FL343073005 1803.7 1817.8 1827.3 1855.8 1878.6 1884.7 1827.3 2001.1 2129.9 9
Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets (4) FL344090005 3688.4 3794.8 3925.5 3822.5 3852.5 3891.8 3925.5 3968.1 4004.7 10
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets FL344090045 3248.7 3336.5 3430.2 3359.5 3382.6 3406.9 3430.2 3454.5 3478.3 11
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total funded assets (5) FL342000075 1445.0 1518.7 1602.9 1503.7 1504.1 1522.2 1602.9 1561.1 1489.8 12
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset FL343073045 1803.7 1817.8 1827.3 1855.8 1878.6 1884.7 1827.3 1893.4 1988.5 13
Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets (6) FL344090045 3248.7 3336.5 3430.2 3359.5 3382.6 3406.9 3430.2 3454.5 3478.3 14
Federal government defined contribution retirement funds; total financial assets (7) FL344090055 439.7 458.3 495.4 462.9 469.8 484.9 495.4 513.6 526.3 15

NOTES

  1. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  2. Comprised primarily of nonmarketable Treasury securities.
  3. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements and suspended investments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund by the Treasury. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  4. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans, including suspended investments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  5. Total defined benefit financial assets less defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  6. Additional detail on defined benefit plans is available on table L.119.b.
  7. Additional detail on defined contribution plans is available on table L.119.c.
Last Update: September 21, 2017