Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
F.6 Derivation of Measures of Personal Saving (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal sector; total financial assets | FA174090005 | 1961.5 | 2459.9 | 3773.2 | 1664.9 | 2599.7 | 3585.9 | 6628.4 | 2566.5 | 2312.2 | 1 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; private foreign deposits; asset | FA153091003 | 2.9 | -1.0 | 1.6 | -0.5 | 5.1 | 37.8 | -25.7 | -1.6 | -4.0 | 2 |
| Personal sector; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA173020005 | -74.8 | 44.3 | 740.5 | -197.7 | 547.4 | 636.4 | 265.4 | 1415.9 | 644.2 | 3 |
| Personal sector; total time and savings deposits; asset | FA173030005 | 475.9 | 597.3 | 2108.8 | 654.0 | 532.1 | 1574.2 | 4981.7 | 600.2 | 1279.1 | 4 |
| Personal sector; money market fund shares; asset | FA173034005 | 185.9 | 415.0 | 220.2 | 562.3 | 384.7 | 1058.0 | 845.0 | -695.0 | -327.3 | 5 |
| Personal sector; debt securities; asset | FA174022005 | 832.5 | 348.4 | -405.7 | -140.3 | -346.6 | -48.7 | -773.6 | -835.7 | 35.0 | 6 |
| Personal sector; Treasury securities; asset | FA173061105 | 596.3 | 232.5 | 140.9 | -136.1 | -678.7 | -678.7 | 162.7 | 341.2 | 738.4 | 7 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA153061705 | 170.9 | 111.5 | -443.2 | 63.6 | 240.6 | 144.8 | -1313.5 | -275.9 | -328.3 | 8 |
| Personal sector; municipal securities; asset | FA173062005 | -10.4 | -51.4 | -46.8 | -72.8 | 19.7 | -12.1 | -49.9 | -12.9 | -112.3 | 9 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA153063005 | 75.7 | 55.9 | -56.6 | 5.0 | 71.8 | 497.2 | 427.1 | -888.0 | -262.7 | 10 |
| Personal sector; loans; asset | FA174023005 | -13.0 | 20.0 | 112.4 | 130.6 | -34.8 | 577.7 | -96.7 | -135.1 | 103.7 | 11 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate equities; asset (2) | FA153064105 | -115.6 | -90.9 | 210.9 | -205.6 | 83.0 | -67.5 | 382.3 | 686.4 | -157.5 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; mutual fund shares; asset | FA153064205 | 21.9 | 384.4 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 745.8 | -1070.3 | 258.9 | 457.8 | 433.5 | 13 |
| Nonprofit organizations; grants and trade receivables; asset | FA163070005 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 14 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; life insurance reserves; asset | FA153040005 | 49.4 | 16.7 | 36.1 | 57.2 | -13.4 | 99.2 | -49.2 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 15 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset | FA153050005 | 286.0 | 419.4 | 393.1 | 470.5 | 339.5 | 544.2 | 258.4 | 393.1 | 376.6 | 16 |
| Personal sector; other financial assets | FA173099005 | 303.7 | 298.6 | 327.5 | 313.0 | 349.3 | 237.0 | 574.1 | 625.5 | -126.7 | 17 |
| Personal sector; total capital expenditures | FA175050005 | 2650.3 | 2722.1 | 2851.7 | 2744.5 | 2757.6 | 2738.8 | 2569.9 | 2993.9 | 3104.1 | 18 |
| Personal sector; gross fixed investment, residential equipment and structures | FA175012005 | 788.4 | 796.7 | 874.9 | 800.1 | 816.1 | 858.2 | 771.4 | 891.3 | 978.8 | 19 |
| Personal sector; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products | FA175013005 | 493.8 | 512.7 | 498.8 | 515.7 | 514.8 | 512.7 | 486.5 | 489.5 | 506.7 | 20 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; gross fixed investment, consumer durable goods | FA155111003 | 1377.0 | 1427.7 | 1507.1 | 1444.9 | 1446.1 | 1392.5 | 1375.6 | 1631.2 | 1629.0 | 21 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; acquisition of nonproduced nonfinancial assets (net) | FA155420003 | -13.2 | -13.6 | -18.6 | -13.7 | -13.9 | -14.9 | -19.6 | -19.8 | -20.1 | 22 |
| Nonfinancial noncorporate business; inventories | FA115020005 | 4.4 | -1.4 | -10.5 | -2.5 | -5.7 | -9.7 | -44.0 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 23 |
| Personal sector; consumption of fixed capital, structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, including consumer durables, current cost basis | FA176300005 | 2018.1 | 2106.0 | 2163.3 | 2119.7 | 2140.9 | 2121.7 | 2138.9 | 2161.8 | 2230.7 | 24 |
| Personal sector; consumption of fixed capital, residential equipment and structures, current cost basis | FA176320005 | 519.9 | 540.1 | 562.6 | 543.8 | 548.9 | 554.6 | 558.7 | 564.7 | 572.6 | 25 |
| Personal sector; consumption of fixed capital, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis | FA176330005 | 390.4 | 408.7 | 428.6 | 410.7 | 413.9 | 416.5 | 420.0 | 433.0 | 444.8 | 26 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; consumption of fixed capital, consumer durable goods | FA156300103 | 1107.8 | 1157.1 | 1172.1 | 1165.2 | 1178.1 | 1150.5 | 1160.2 | 1164.2 | 1213.3 | 27 |
| Personal sector; nonfinancial assets (3) | FA172010005 | 632.2 | 616.2 | 688.4 | 624.8 | 616.7 | 617.1 | 431.0 | 832.1 | 873.4 | 28 |
| Personal sector; residential equipment and structures, current cost basis | FA175012865 | 268.5 | 256.6 | 312.3 | 256.3 | 267.2 | 303.6 | 212.7 | 326.6 | 406.2 | 29 |
| Personal sector; nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products, current cost basis | FA175013865 | 103.3 | 104.0 | 70.3 | 105.0 | 101.0 | 96.1 | 66.5 | 56.5 | 61.9 | 30 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; consumer durable goods, current cost basis | FA155111005 | 269.2 | 270.6 | 335.0 | 279.7 | 268.1 | 241.9 | 215.4 | 467.0 | 415.6 | 31 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; acquisition of nonproduced nonfinancial assets (net) | FA155420003 | -13.2 | -13.6 | -18.6 | -13.7 | -13.9 | -14.9 | -19.6 | -19.8 | -20.1 | 32 |
| Nonfinancial noncorporate business; inventories | FA115020005 | 4.4 | -1.4 | -10.5 | -2.5 | -5.7 | -9.7 | -44.0 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 33 |
| Personal sector; total liabilities | FA174190005 | 940.4 | 943.3 | 1188.4 | 998.0 | 986.1 | 1377.7 | 939.8 | 1377.4 | 1058.7 | 34 |
| Personal sector; one-to-four-family residential mortgages; liability | FA173165105 | 320.6 | 307.7 | 486.5 | 359.8 | 267.0 | 392.0 | 339.6 | 629.5 | 584.8 | 35 |
| Personal sector; commercial, multifamily, and farm mortgages; liability | FA173165205 | 189.9 | 243.7 | 206.9 | 317.5 | 253.9 | 236.0 | 209.4 | 191.1 | 191.0 | 36 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; consumer credit; liability | FA153166000 | 181.6 | 181.9 | -3.5 | 198.4 | 169.4 | 41.2 | -234.1 | 83.7 | 95.0 | 37 |
| Personal sector; other loans and advances; liability | FA173169005 | -16.5 | 32.8 | 258.1 | 0.1 | 84.1 | 70.8 | 102.4 | 396.3 | 463.0 | 38 |
| Personal sector; other liabilities | FA173199005 | 264.8 | 177.2 | 240.4 | 122.3 | 211.7 | 637.7 | 522.5 | 76.8 | -275.2 | 39 |
| Personal sector; net capital transfers paid (4) | FA175440005 | 6.5 | 15.4 | 2.3 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 15.7 | -37.9 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 40 |
| Personal sector; personal saving including consumer durables (FOF) | FA176007025 | 1659.8 | 2148.2 | 3275.5 | 1306.5 | 2244.5 | 2841.0 | 6081.7 | 2035.8 | 2143.5 | 41 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; consumer durable goods, current cost basis | FA155111005 | 269.2 | 270.6 | 335.0 | 279.7 | 268.1 | 241.9 | 215.4 | 467.0 | 415.6 | 42 |
| Federal government; life insurance and pension fund reserves, adjustment to convert NIPA to FOF savings; liability (5) | FA313154015 | -2.0 | -2.1 | -3.3 | -2.1 | -2.1 | -3.6 | -4.4 | -2.9 | -2.5 | 43 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; adjustment to contributions for government social insurance paid for U.S. affiliated areas | FA156600075 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 44 |
| Personal sector; personal saving excluding consumer durables and federal government life insurance reserves and Railroad Retirement Board and National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust pension fund reserves (FOF) (6) | FA176007005 | 1397.8 | 1884.9 | 2949.0 | 1034.0 | 1983.8 | 2607.9 | 5875.6 | 1576.9 | 1735.6 | 45 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; personal saving excluding consumer durables and federal government life insurance reserves and Railroad Retirement Board and National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust pension fund reserves (NIPA) | FA156007015 | 1237.3 | 1231.2 | 2847.8 | 1180.6 | 1203.8 | 1595.3 | 4770.8 | 2774.8 | 2250.2 | 46 |
| Personal sector; difference between FOF and NIPA personal saving excluding consumer durables | FA176007085 | 160.5 | 653.6 | 101.2 | -146.5 | 780.0 | 1012.6 | 1104.8 | -1197.8 | -514.6 | 47 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; disposable personal income | FA156012005 | 15766.5 | 16348.6 | 17497.4 | 16400.5 | 16539.6 | 16698.6 | 18360.8 | 17661.9 | 17268.3 | 48 |
| Personal sector; personal saving (FOF concept; FOF data) as a percentage of disposable personal income | FA176007026 | 10.53 | 13.14 | 18.72 | 7.97 | 13.57 | 17.01 | 33.12 | 11.53 | 12.41 | 49 |
| Personal sector; personal saving (NIPA concept; FOF data) as a percentage of disposable personal income | FA176007006 | 8.87 | 11.53 | 16.85 | 6.30 | 11.99 | 15.62 | 32.00 | 8.93 | 10.05 | 50 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; personal saving (NIPA concept; NIPA data) as a percentage of disposable personal income | FA156007016 | 7.85 | 7.53 | 16.28 | 7.20 | 7.28 | 9.55 | 25.98 | 15.71 | 13.03 | 51 |
| Personal sector; difference between FOF and NIPA personal saving excluding consumer durables as a percentage of disposable personal income | FA176007086 | 1.02 | 4.00 | 0.58 | -0.89 | 4.72 | 6.06 | 6.02 | -6.78 | -2.98 | 52 |
NOTES
- Consolidated statement for households and nonprofit organizations and nonfinancial noncorporate business.
- Directly held, and those in closed-end and exchange-traded funds. Other equities are included in mutual fund shares (line 13), life insurance reserves (line 15), and pension entitlements (line 16).
- Line 18 less line 24.
- Table F.5, line 62 plus line 66.
- Railroad Retirement Board, the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, and federal government life insurance reserves.
- Lines 45 and 46 are conceptually equivalent but measure saving using different data. Line 45 is net acquisition of financial assets net of government insurance and pension fund reserves (line 1 less line 43) and including contributions for government social insurance to U.S.-affiliated areas, plus net investment in nonfinancial assets net of consumer durables (line 28 less line 42) less net increase in liabilities (line 34) plus net capital transfers paid (line 40). Personal savings, NIPA concept (NIPA) (line 46) is disposable personal income (line 48) less personal outlays (table F.101, line 4).
Last Update: March 11, 2021