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 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 2018 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 308.4 | 268.5 | 399.3 | 398.5 | 419.2 | 358.7 | 310.9 | 505 | 329.6 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 13.1 | -3.7 | -2.7 | -1.5 | 9.4 | -19.8 | -4.3 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | 1.2 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -2 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -2.8 | -1 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | -1.5 | -3.9 | 12.9 | -9.7 | -10.7 | -5.5 | 8.6 | -31 | -7.3 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -2.5 | -0.7 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 238.3 | 78.4 | 177 | 63.7 | -296.4 | -265.8 | 1161.3 | -344.3 | 934.8 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | 0.6 | -4.3 | 12.7 | -8.1 | -8 | -3 | 7.3 | -28.8 | -7.7 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 116.1 | 55.2 | 128.8 | -33 | -403.3 | -309.8 | 1050.1 | -469.1 | 854 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | 16.2 | -12.2 | 18.3 | 27 | 21.4 | 32.4 | 7.6 | 46.8 | 24.9 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | -0.2 | 0 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | -1.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | 105.5 | 39.7 | 17.6 | 76.6 | 92.2 | 13.8 | 97.8 | 102.8 | 62.4 | 13 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | 3.3 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -2.6 | 5.7 | -0.2 | -5.7 | -0.6 | 14 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -270.1 | -41.6 | -183.2 | -245.7 | -344.2 | -95.3 | -211 | -332.1 | -218.5 | 15 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | 56.3 | -2.8 | 12.5 | 9.6 | 54.6 | 39.4 | -102 | 46.3 | -1.9 | 16 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 275.2 | 241.6 | 366.7 | 587.1 | 1024.1 | 682.5 | -555.2 | 1197 | -370.9 | 17 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | -14.5 | -21.5 | 0.1 | 21.7 | 12 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 37.6 | -14.8 | 18 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | -2.9 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 19 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 258.6 | 262.4 | 294.7 | 511.5 | 945.2 | 647.5 | -619.9 | 1073.2 | -390.3 | 20 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | 33.9 | -14 | 66.4 | 47.5 | 58.3 | 17.5 | 37.1 | 76.9 | 29.9 | 21 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 308.3 | 268.3 | 399.1 | 398.3 | 419.1 | 358.5 | 310.8 | 504.9 | 329.5 | 22 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 552.3 | 686.1 | 666.7 | 505.9 | 420.6 | 367.2 | 278.9 | 957 | ND | 23 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 292.2 | 292.2 | 287.2 | 288.5 | 288.6 | 287.8 | 288.3 | 289.5 | 288.8 | 24 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | 16.1 | -23.9 | 111.9 | 109.8 | 130.5 | 70.8 | 22.5 | 215.4 | 40.7 | 25 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 234.3 | 339.2 | 255.3 | 140.2 | 24.6 | 39.9 | 16.4 | 480 | ND | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | 9.6 | 78.6 | 12.3 | -32.6 | -23.2 | -31.2 | -48.3 | -27.9 | 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.
- 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 7, 2018