Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

F.118 Private Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Description Series code 2018 2019 2020 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 Line
Private pension funds; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis (gross saving) FA576330005 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1
Private pension funds; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA575013005 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 2
Private pension funds; total financial assets (2) FA574090005 16.6 77.6 44.4 67.3 49.0 68.8 49.5 18.9 40.4 3
Private pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA573020005 -5.0 0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 4
Private pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FA573030005 -5.0 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 -1.1 -1.3 5
Private pension funds; money market fund shares; asset FA573034005 -0.4 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.5 11.2 -0.1 0.3 -4.4 6
Private pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FA572051005 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 7
Private pension funds; debt securities; asset FA574022005 82.3 88.9 147.1 188.4 163.5 54.2 153.1 160.3 220.6 8
Private pension funds; total commercial paper; asset FA573069105 -5.3 -0.2 -0.8 -1.1 -0.9 0.7 -1.5 -1.2 -1.4 9
Private pension funds; Treasury securities; asset FA573061105 26.2 32.9 58.0 62.5 54.1 31.3 67.0 62.0 71.6 10
Private pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA573061705 12.9 16.6 7.1 32.1 27.8 14.9 -55.3 31.9 36.9 11
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA573063005 48.6 39.6 82.8 94.9 82.6 7.3 142.9 67.5 113.6 12
Private pension funds; total mortgages; asset FA573065005 -2.8 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.6 1.2 1.5 1.6 13
Private pension funds, including 403(b) plans; corporate equities; asset FA573064105 -80.0 -8.6 -49.0 -89.8 -79.5 104.8 -77.9 -101.6 -121.2 14
Private pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset FA573064205 -8.9 -42.1 -120.8 -111.1 -75.2 -139.9 -95.7 -122.2 -125.5 15
Private pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FA573090005 36.9 36.7 64.6 78.0 39.5 34.6 71.0 82.0 71.0 16
Private pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (3) FA573095005 0.8 1.0 -1.1 4.2 -6.6 -12.6 13.4 -4.7 -0.3 17
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FA573074005 -34.6 -0.9 -7.3 -10.3 -9.1 12.5 -16.0 -11.7 -14.0 18
Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (4) FA573073005 80.1 -13.8 7.9 23.8 3.8 -65.7 28.3 44.3 24.8 19
Private pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA573093005 -9.4 50.4 65.1 60.4 51.5 100.4 45.2 54.1 60.4 20
Private pension funds; total liabilities FA574190005 16.5 77.6 44.4 67.3 49.0 68.8 49.5 18.8 40.4 21
Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets (5) FA574090045 -26.5 -30.7 -45.3 -32.2 -45.3 -45.3 -45.3 -45.3 -45.3 22
Private defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets (6) FA574090055 43.1 108.4 89.7 99.5 94.3 114.1 94.8 64.1 85.7 23

NOTES

  1. Private defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans (including 401(k) type plans).
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Includes products sold by life insurance companies, such as variable annuities and guaranteed investment contracts; series begins 1985:Q4.
  4. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
  5. Additional detail on defined benefit plans is available on table F.118.b.
  6. Additional detail on defined contribution plans is available on table F.118.c.
Last Update: March 11, 2021