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L.120.b State and Local Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Description	Series code	2017	2018	2018 Q1	2018 Q2	2018 Q3	2018 Q4	2019 Q1	2019 Q2	2019 Q3	Line
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets (1)	FL224090045	8238.3	8544.0	8316.6	8394.1	8466.0	8544.0	8612.7	8683.5	8754.7	1
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset	FL223020043	30.2	28.9	30.6	30.3	30.3	28.9	30.8	27.9	27.3	2
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; total time and savings deposits; asset	FL223030043	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.1	3
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; money market fund shares; asset	FL223034043	59.2	58.0	60.7	60.7	60.6	58.0	61.7	55.9	54.7	4
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; security repurchase agreements; asset	FL222051043	4.7	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.9	4.4	4.3	5
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds retirement funds; debt securities; asset	LM224022045	955.0	988.7	976.1	947.3	952.6	988.7	1057.4	1091.8	1128.2	6
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; commercial paper; asset	FL223069143	54.0	52.8	55.3	55.3	55.2	52.8	56.2	51.0	49.9	7
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset	LM223061143	289.4	372.8	300.1	307.3	304.7	372.8	405.1	414.7	424.5	8
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset	LM223061743	109.5	143.7	114.6	118.5	117.4	143.7	156.1	159.9	165.3	9
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; municipal securities; asset	LM223062043	3.4	4.1	3.7	4.1	3.4	4.1	3.2	3.2	3.0	10
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset	LM223063045	498.8	415.3	502.4	462.1	471.8	415.3	436.8	463.0	485.6	11
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; total mortgages; asset	FL223065043	6.9	12.5	7.4	9.4	12.7	12.5	11.5	11.4	11.9	12
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate equities; asset	LM223064145	2706.8	2531.8	2668.5	2707.8	2795.4	2531.8	2702.8	2767.4	2750.3	13
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; mutual fund shares; asset	LM223064243	264.0	274.1	277.4	292.3	288.3	274.1	273.2	296.1	294.1	14
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; miscellaneous assets	FL223090045	4208.9	4643.3	4288.7	4339.3	4319.1	4643.3	4468.1	4426.5	4481.8	15
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (2)	FL223073045	4017.4	4446.2	4088.4	4129.1	4111.8	4446.2	4271.7	4213.6	4268.2	16
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets	FL223093043	191.5	197.1	200.2	210.2	207.3	197.1	196.4	212.9	213.6	17
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) (3)	FL224190043	8323.2	8614.2	8395.4	8468.0	8541.2	8614.2	8687.3	8760.3	8833.4	18

NOTES

Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
Actuarial value of accrued defined benefit pension entitlements. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.

Last Update: December 12, 2019