L.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 Line
Pension funds; total financial assets (2) FL594090005 25901.9 27447 25064.8 26877.6 25664.8 26163 25999.3 26877.6 27596.4 1
Pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL593020005 49.6 54 51.4 50.2 49.7 54.6 55.1 50.2 49.7 2
Pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset FL593030005 19 19.6 24.7 21.5 21.2 18.8 21.8 21.5 20.8 3
Pension funds; money market fund shares; asset FL593034005 228.4 238.6 249.2 257.2 251.1 250.4 256.3 257.2 260.3 4
Pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset FL592051005 26.4 46.4 68.3 81.3 74.5 38.2 75.5 81.3 84.5 5
Pension funds; debt securities; asset LM594022005 2866.5 3065.7 2764.2 3092.6 2941.1 2961.3 2892.3 3092.6 3112.5 6
Pension funds; commercial paper; asset FL593069105 49.4 62.3 55.4 58.5 56.1 57.4 59.5 58.5 59.4 7
Pension funds; Treasury securities; asset LM593061105 839.6 944.2 854 1046.5 947.1 972.9 972.1 1046.5 1062.2 8
Pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM593061705 441.1 469.7 426.3 447.7 427.5 444 427.1 447.7 449.8 9
Pension funds; municipal securities; asset LM593062045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM593063005 1536.4 1589.5 1428.4 1539.9 1510.4 1487 1433.6 1539.9 1541 11
Pension funds; loans; asset FL594023005 2305 2466.9 2713.1 2966.4 2670.3 2707.8 2749.5 2966.4 2957.4 12
Federal government retirement funds; other loans and advances; asset (3) FL343069005 2273.5 2434.7 2680.2 2934.4 2637.2 2675.3 2717 2934.4 2925.6 13
Pension funds; total mortgages; asset FL593065005 31.4 32.3 32.8 32 33.2 32.6 32.5 32 31.8 14
Pension funds; corporate equities; asset LM593064105 6703.5 7768 6356.6 7273.5 6553.4 6952 6711 7273.5 7748.6 15
Pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset LM593064205 5312.9 5728.4 4589.8 5310.4 4894.2 5051 4863.6 5310.4 5629.7 16
Pension funds; total miscellaneous assets FL593090005 8390.6 8059.4 8247.5 7824.5 8209.2 8128.7 8374.2 7824.5 7732.8 17
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset (4) FL593095005 874.7 914.5 871.8 917.5 888.8 899.8 892.8 917.5 935.5 18
Private pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset FL573074005 77.4 70.9 69 65.6 67.8 67 66.6 65.6 65.1 19
Pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset (5) FL593073005 5693.8 5139.6 5315.6 4695.8 5201.8 5052.8 5326.6 4695.8 4522.1 20
Pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL593093005 1744.7 1934.4 1991.1 2145.6 2050.7 2109 2088.1 2145.6 2210.1 21
Pension funds; total liabilities (6) FL594190005 26077.8 27660.7 25326.3 27073.2 25858.6 26359.1 26194.6 27073.2 27775.5 22
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL594190045 16457.8 16862.3 16201.2 16610.4 16304.2 16406.6 16507.4 16610.4 16713.1 23
Defined benefit pension funds; total funded assets (7) FL592000075 10764.1 11722.7 10885.5 11914.7 11102.3 11353.7 11180.8 11914.7 12191 24
Pension funds; defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset FL593073045 5693.8 5139.6 5315.6 4695.8 5201.8 5052.8 5326.6 4695.8 4522.1 25
Households and nonprofit organizations; retirement assets (8) FL153050015 41865.4 45435.5 40359.2 43990.2 41524.4 42611.8 42013.1 43990.2 ND 26
Defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities) FL594190045 16457.8 16862.3 16201.2 16610.4 16304.2 16406.6 16507.4 16610.4 16713.1 27
Defined contribution pension funds; total financial assets FL594090055 9620 10798.3 9125.2 10462.8 9554.4 9952.6 9687.3 10462.8 11062.4 28
All sectors; IRAs; liability (9) LM893131573 12661 14460 11950 13556 12465 12955 12566 13556 ND 29
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts and IRAs; liability (10) FL543150015 3126.6 3314.9 3082.8 3361 3200.8 3297.6 3252.4 3361 ND 30

NOTES

  1. Private pension funds, state and local government employee retirement funds, and federal government retirement funds defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
  2. Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
  3. Nonmarketable Treasury securities classified as loans and suspended reinvestments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund.
  4. Includes products sold by life insurance companies, such as variable annuities and guaranteed investment contracts; series begins 1985:Q4.
  5. Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
  6. Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
  7. Total defined benefit financial assets plus nonfinancial assets less claims of pension fund on sponsor.
  8. Households' retirement assets in tax-deferred accounts, including employer sponsored pension plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and annuities.
  9. IRA assets are not included above. See memo items on table L.229 for a sectoral distribution of IRA accounts.
  10. Annuities held in IRAs are excluded. They are included in line 29.
Last Update: June 7, 2024