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 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 Q1 | 2016 Q2 | 2016 Q3 | 2016 Q4 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 268.5 | 406.6 | 517.4 | 367.1 | 320.6 | 421.1 | 421.2 | 354.5 | 352.6 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | 4.2 | 12.8 | -3.1 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 28.5 | -3.4 | -5.2 | 8.6 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -1.7 | 0 | -0 | -0.4 | -2 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | -3.9 | 12.6 | -9.5 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 30.9 | -11.2 | -9.8 | 8.2 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | -0.8 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 78.4 | 186.8 | 145.3 | 96 | 192.7 | 313.1 | -290.8 | -293 | 1162.5 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | -4.3 | 12.4 | -5.9 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 28.1 | -8.4 | -6.9 | 7 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 55.2 | 130.2 | 88.2 | 118.2 | 133.2 | 181.4 | -400.6 | -331.5 | 1075 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | -12.2 | 19.2 | -3.5 | 39.5 | 22 | 18.7 | 23 | 19.4 | 21.9 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | 0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | 39.7 | 25.4 | 66.4 | -74.5 | 24.8 | 84.8 | 94.1 | 24.8 | 58.5 | 13 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | -1.9 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | -2.8 | -2.3 | -2.6 | 5.6 | -0.5 | 14 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -41.6 | -164.4 | -29.3 | -102.8 | -197.3 | -328.1 | -319.9 | -81.9 | -258 | 15 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | -2.8 | -0.8 | 92.3 | 32.5 | -42.2 | -86 | 40.9 | 21.5 | -24.6 | 16 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 241.6 | 359.4 | 321.7 | 312.9 | 339.9 | 463.1 | 1011 | 718.8 | -543.5 | 17 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | -21.5 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 5.7 | 13 | 3.1 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 23.6 | 18 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 19 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 262.4 | 284.8 | 264.4 | 251 | 302.5 | 321.4 | 940.1 | 693.6 | -613.2 | 20 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | -14 | 59.7 | 35.6 | 52.9 | 21.3 | 129.1 | 48.8 | 8.1 | 40.5 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 268.3 | 406.4 | 517.2 | 367 | 320.4 | 421 | 421.1 | 354.4 | 352.4 | 22 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 545.9 | 595.2 | 773.2 | 405.1 | 383.1 | 819.4 | 422.6 | 309.1 | ND | 23 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 292.2 | 287.2 | 286.7 | 284.5 | 288.1 | 289.7 | 288.7 | 287.8 | 288.4 | 24 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | -23.9 | 119.2 | 230.6 | 82.4 | 32.4 | 131.3 | 132.3 | 66.5 | 64 | 25 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 198.9 | 184.8 | 231.8 | 71.8 | 58 | 377.5 | 57 | 1.7 | ND | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | 78.7 | 4 | 24.2 | -33.7 | 4.7 | 20.9 | -55.5 | -47.1 | 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.
- 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: December 7, 2017