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 | 2017 | 2016 Q3 | 2016 Q4 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 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 | 399.3 | 364.3 | 324.8 | 426.6 | 419.5 | 358.7 | 316.2 | 362.8 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | 4.2 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 13.8 | 28.5 | -3.4 | -5.6 | 9 | 7.8 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -0 | -0.4 | -2 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -1.2 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | -3.9 | 12.6 | -2 | 15.2 | 30.9 | -11.2 | -10.4 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | -0.8 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 78.4 | 186.8 | 49.8 | 192.7 | 313.1 | -290.8 | -277 | 1168.7 | -401.5 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | -4.3 | 12.4 | -1 | 14.6 | 28.1 | -8.4 | -7.4 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 55.2 | 130.2 | -46.4 | 133.2 | 181.4 | -400.6 | -328.1 | 1057.5 | -514.6 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | -12.2 | 19.2 | 19 | 22 | 18.7 | 23 | 21.4 | 11.9 | 19.8 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | 0 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -1.4 | 0.2 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | 39.7 | 25.4 | 78.1 | 24.8 | 84.8 | 94.1 | 36.2 | 93.5 | 88.4 | 13 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | -1.9 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -2.8 | -2.3 | -2.6 | 5.6 | -0.3 | 0 | 14 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -41.6 | -164.4 | -213.4 | -197.3 | -328.1 | -319.9 | -57.5 | -231.9 | -244.5 | 15 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | -2.8 | 0.2 | -15.9 | -38.2 | -86 | 44.7 | 20.7 | -76.3 | -52.5 | 16 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 241.6 | 351.1 | 544.3 | 340.1 | 468.6 | 1005.5 | 684.2 | -561.4 | 1049 | 17 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | -21.5 | 0.6 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 15.6 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 18 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 19 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 262.4 | 284.8 | 482 | 302.5 | 321.4 | 940.2 | 661.4 | -638.5 | 965 | 20 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | -14 | 60.2 | 38 | 21.3 | 130.9 | 47.1 | 5.5 | 48.3 | 51.3 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 268.3 | 399.2 | 364.1 | 324.6 | 426.5 | 419.3 | 358.5 | 316.1 | 362.6 | 22 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 545.8 | 596.7 | ND | 387.1 | 821.5 | 424 | 307.9 | 198.4 | ND | 23 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 292.2 | 287.2 | 288.6 | 288.1 | 289.7 | 288.7 | 287.8 | 288.4 | 289.5 | 24 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | -23.9 | 111.9 | 75.5 | 36.5 | 136.8 | 130.6 | 70.7 | 27.7 | 73.1 | 25 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 198.9 | 184.8 | ND | 58 | 377.5 | 56.3 | 0.8 | -47.5 | ND | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | 78.7 | 12.8 | ND | 4.5 | 17.5 | -51.7 | -51.5 | -70.2 | 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: March 8, 2018