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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 2018 Q1 | 2018 Q2 | 2018 Q3 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) | FA596330005 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products | FA595013005 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 347.7 | 392.4 | 438.1 | 362.3 | 319.9 | 449.3 | 327.4 | 400.7 | 404.5 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | 3.0 | -11.7 | -20.7 | -17.6 | -2.2 | -6.4 | -6.6 | -1.2 | -3.7 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | -0.2 | -1.9 | -3.8 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -0.7 | -4.7 | -3.9 | -2.8 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | 16.9 | -11.5 | -15.3 | -7.1 | -8.4 | -15.1 | -17.3 | -7.4 | -11.6 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | 0.9 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -1.2 | -1.4 | -0.6 | -1.0 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 146.6 | 53.4 | -336.9 | -303.4 | 1185.7 | -331.7 | 1106.8 | 173.6 | 414.1 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | 11.2 | -9.6 | -12.3 | -4.4 | -8.3 | -13.5 | -16.4 | -6.7 | -11.2 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 167.4 | 0.4 | -338.8 | -260.4 | 1056.1 | -455.4 | 903.9 | 144.5 | 274.4 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | 9.6 | 11.4 | -0.1 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 35.3 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 18.0 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -1.5 | 5.7 | -3.4 | -1.0 | -0.0 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | -41.7 | 50.3 | 14.2 | -42.1 | 132.6 | 96.3 | 203.8 | 30.6 | 133.0 | 13 |
| Pension funds; loans; asset | FA594023005 | 7.3 | 140.9 | 413.9 | 126.6 | -540.4 | 563.3 | -611.1 | 1.2 | -5.3 | 14 |
| Federal government defined contribution retirement funds; other loans and advances; liability | FA313169003 | 0.0 | 151.7 | 430.6 | 135.2 | -517.5 | 558.5 | -606.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | 7.3 | -10.8 | -16.7 | -8.5 | -22.8 | 4.7 | -4.4 | 1.2 | -5.3 | 16 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -216.8 | -161.6 | -272.5 | -45.9 | -157.7 | -170.4 | -152.4 | -335.1 | -94.1 | 17 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | -37.1 | 20.8 | 60.6 | 51.3 | -74.3 | 45.6 | 25.6 | 50.1 | 12.3 | 18 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 427.1 | 364.9 | 614.0 | 560.0 | -80.2 | 365.9 | -11.6 | 523.9 | 96.5 | 19 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 10.9 | 15.8 | 22.9 | 39.3 | -17.0 | 5.2 | 22.3 | 20 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 21 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 303.7 | 274.8 | 495.6 | 480.9 | -160.9 | 283.7 | -28.7 | 469.3 | 20.2 | 22 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | 97.4 | 62.1 | 95.3 | 60.2 | 51.6 | 41.1 | 22.8 | 39.0 | 46.0 | 23 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 347.7 | 392.4 | 438.1 | 362.4 | 319.9 | 449.4 | 327.4 | 400.7 | 404.5 | 24 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 589.2 | 502.9 | 440.7 | 384.4 | 282.0 | 904.6 | 420.3 | 376.6 | ND | 25 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 291.4 | 293.3 | 295.0 | 297.0 | 295.6 | 285.5 | 284.8 | 285.3 | 284.6 | 26 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | 56.4 | 99.2 | 143.1 | 65.3 | 24.3 | 163.9 | 42.6 | 115.4 | 119.9 | 27 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 255.5 | 140.3 | 24.6 | 40.0 | 16.5 | 480.1 | 87.7 | 26.4 | ND | 28 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | -14.0 | -29.8 | -22.0 | -18.0 | -54.4 | -24.8 | 5.1 | -50.5 | ND | 29 |
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 28.
Last Update: December 6, 2018