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The Financial Accounts (formerly known as the Flow of Funds accounts) are a set of financial accounts used to track the sources and uses of funds by sector. They are a component of a system of macroeconomic accounts including the National Income and Product accounts (NIPA) and balance of payments accounts, all of which serve as a comprehensive set of information on the economy’s performance.(1) Some important inferences that can be drawn from the Financial accounts are the financial strength of a given sector, new economic trends, changes in the composition of wealth, and development of new financial instruments over time.(1)
Sectors are compiled into three categories: households, nonfinancial businesses, and banks. The sources of funds for a sector are its internal funds (savings from income after consumption) and external funds (loans from banks and other financial intermediaries). (1) Funds for a given sector are used for its investments in physical and financial assets. Dividing sources and uses of funds into two categories helps the staff of the Federal Reserve System pay particular attention to external sources of funds and financial uses of funds.(2) One example is whether households are borrowing more from banks—or in other words, whether household debt is rising. Another example might be whether banks are using more of their funds to provide loans to consumers. Transactions within a sector are not shown in the accounts; however, transactions between sectors are.(2) Monitoring the external flows of funds provides insights into a sector’s health and the performance of the economy as a whole.
Data for the Financial accounts are compiled from a large number of reports and publications, including regulatory reports such as those submitted by banks, tax filings, and surveys conducted by the Federal Reserve System.(2) The Financial accounts are published quarterly as a set of tables in the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 statistical release.
(1) Teplin, Albert M. “The U.S. Flow of Funds Accounts and Their Uses.” Federal Reserve Bulletin, July 2001; http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2001/0701lead.pdf.
(2) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. “Guide to the Flow of Funds Accounts.” 2000, http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/.

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F.100 Domestic Nonfinancial Sectors (58)
F.101 Households and Nonprofit Organizations (50)
F.102 Nonfinancial Business (45)
F.103 Nonfinancial Corporate Business (52)
F.104 Nonfinancial Noncorporate Business (32)
F.105 General Government (62)
F.106 Federal Government (58)
F.107 State and Local Governments (47)
F.108 Domestic Financial Sectors (58)
F.109 Monetary Authority (42)
F.110 Private Depository Institutions (42)
F.111 U.S.-Chartered Depository Institutions (56)
F.112 Foreign Banking Offices in U.S. (32)
F.113 Banks in U.S.-Affiliated Areas (21)
F.114 Credit Unions (26)
F.115 Property-Casualty Insurance Companies (38)
F.116 Life Insurance Companies (47)
F.116.g Life Insurance Companies: General Accounts (30)
F.116.s Life Insurance Companies: Seperate Accounts (23)
F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds (29)
F.118 Private Pension Funds (23)
F.118.b Private Pension Funds: Defined Benefit Plans (19)
F.118.c Private Pension Funds: Defined Contribution Plans (18)
F.119 Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds (13)
F.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds: Defined Benefit Plans (10)
F.119.c Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds: Defined Contribution Plans (8)
F.120 State and Local Government Employee Retirement Funds (23)
F.120.b State and Local Government Employee Retirement Funds: Defined Benefit Plans (18)
F.120.c State and Local Government Employee Retirement Funds: Defined Contribution Plans (7)
F.121 Money Market Funds (14)
F.122 Mutual Funds (20)
F.123 Closed-End Funds (12)
F.124 Exchange-Traded Funds (14)
F.125 Government-Sponsored Enterprises (36)
F.126 Agency and GSE-Backed Mortgage Pools (6)
F.127 Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) (21)
F.128 Finance Companies (26)
F.129 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (30)
F.129.e Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (1367)
F.129.m Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (24)
F.130 Security Brokers and Dealers (30)
F.131 Holding Companies (30)
F.132 Funding Corporations (24)
F.133 Rest of the World (62)

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