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 | 2018 | 2018 Q1 | 2018 Q2 | 2018 Q3 | 2018 Q4 | 2019 Q1 | 2019 Q2 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) | FA596330005 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 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 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Pension funds; total financial assets (2) | FA594090005 | 342.2 | 454.9 | 390.8 | 391.1 | 458.5 | 386.9 | 326.5 | 400.1 | 393.9 | 3 |
| Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA593020005 | -0.8 | -5.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | -3.2 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 4 |
| Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA593030005 | -0.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 5 |
| Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset | FA593034005 | 15.5 | -2.4 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | -6.5 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA592051005 | 0.9 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 7 |
| Pension funds; debt securities; asset | FA594022005 | 156.2 | 115.0 | 555.9 | 1143.2 | 329.1 | 415.7 | 335.5 | -534.7 | 87.7 | 8 |
| Pension funds; commercial paper; asset | FA593069105 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | -8.6 | 15.3 | 2.4 | 9 |
| Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset (3) | FA593061105 | 170.0 | 33.5 | 456.9 | 914.5 | 296.4 | 251.3 | 365.2 | -710.2 | 15.0 | 10 |
| Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA593061705 | 10.9 | 34.2 | 66.8 | 55.6 | 58.3 | 29.8 | 123.4 | 80.6 | 71.5 | 11 |
| Pension funds; municipal securities; asset | FA593062045 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | -2.5 | 2.6 | -3.9 | -0.6 | 12 |
| Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA593063005 | -36.2 | 45.0 | 31.2 | 164.7 | -29.2 | 136.3 | -147.1 | 83.5 | -0.6 | 13 |
| Pension funds; loans; asset | FA594023005 | 6.8 | 148.5 | -143.5 | -602.2 | 10.9 | 15.6 | 1.5 | 859.3 | 12.8 | 14 |
| Federal government defined contribution retirement funds; other loans and advances; liability | FA313169003 | 0.0 | 151.7 | -151.7 | -606.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 861.3 | 5.7 | 15 |
| Pension funds; total mortgages; asset | FA593065005 | 6.8 | -3.2 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 15.6 | 1.5 | -1.9 | 7.1 | 16 |
| Pension funds; corporate equities; asset | FA593064105 | -212.6 | -108.5 | -147.6 | -99.6 | -231.6 | -251.8 | -7.6 | -298.2 | -183.9 | 17 |
| Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset | FA593064205 | -32.3 | 28.9 | 25.0 | 95.4 | 79.3 | -88.7 | 13.8 | -90.6 | -73.3 | 18 |
| Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets | FA593090005 | 408.6 | 275.6 | 97.4 | -159.7 | 265.0 | 290.8 | -6.4 | 435.3 | 541.9 | 19 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) | FA593095005 | 10.8 | -4.0 | -4.7 | -18.9 | 0.6 | -3.2 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 17.1 | 20 |
| Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset | FA573074005 | 8.8 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 21 |
| Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) | FA593073005 | 297.1 | 139.5 | 22.8 | -241.1 | 131.6 | 213.0 | -12.5 | 346.5 | 428.0 | 22 |
| Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA593093005 | 91.9 | 120.9 | 67.2 | 87.2 | 115.7 | 70.4 | -4.6 | 62.0 | 84.6 | 23 |
| Pension funds; total liabilities | FA594190005 | 342.2 | 455.0 | 390.9 | 391.2 | 458.6 | 387.0 | 326.6 | 400.2 | 394.0 | 24 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (6) | FA153050015 | 537.2 | 565.2 | 613.5 | 527.9 | 522.8 | 612.8 | 790.5 | 339.2 | ND | 25 |
| Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) | FA594190045 | 285.9 | 260.8 | 249.5 | 240.8 | 243.7 | 250.8 | 262.8 | 261.8 | 264.0 | 26 |
| Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets | FA594090055 | 56.3 | 194.2 | 141.4 | 150.4 | 214.9 | 136.3 | 63.9 | 138.4 | 129.9 | 27 |
| All sectors; IRAs; liability (7) | FA893131573 | 193.4 | 120.1 | 176.6 | 84.6 | 44.0 | 234.4 | 343.6 | 39.2 | ND | 28 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (8) | FA543150015 | 1.5 | -9.9 | 46.0 | 52.0 | 20.2 | -8.6 | 120.2 | -100.1 | 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: September 20, 2019