Federal Reserve Economic Data

Annual

F.117 Private and Public Pension Funds


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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    1946    
 
 
    2024
Millions of Dollars
Line Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Gross saving
2024 3,287 3,111 3,111
line 2
Fixed nonresidential investment
2024 10,115 9,627 9,627
line 3
Net acquisition of financial assets
2024 273,120 379,567 379,567
line 4
Checkable deposits and currency
2024 22,696 -2,760 -2,760
line 5
Time and savings deposits
2024 -3,681 -5,557 -5,557
line 6
Money market fund shares
2024 1,992 -8,910 -8,910
line 7
Security repurchase agreements
2024 34,504 7,630 7,630
line 8
Debt securities
2024 215,799 19,395 19,395
line 9
Open market paper
2024 -2,918 -3,140 -3,140
line 10
Treasury securities
2024 115,895 74,922 74,922
line 11
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
2024 19,236 -8,878 -8,878
line 12
Municipal securities
2024 4 -4 -4
line 13
Corporate and foreign bonds
2024 83,582 -43,505 -43,505
line 14
Loans
2024 237,921 248,960 248,960
line 15
Other loans and advances
2024 0 0 0
line 16
Mortgages
2024 -3,754 -5,169 -5,169
line 17
Corporate equities
2024 -186,665 -72,964 -72,964
line 18
Mutual fund shares
2024 -142,927 13,276 13,276
line 19
Miscellaneous assets
2024 93,481 180,497 180,497
line 20
Unallocated insurance contracts
2024 23,513 12,478 12,478
line 21
Contributions receivable
2024 1,071 36 36
line 22
Claims of pension fund on sponsor
2024 168,484 205,600 205,600
line 23
Other
2024 -100,346 -37,518 -37,518
line 24
Net increase in pension entitlements (liabilities)
2024 279,948 340,173 340,173
Memo:
line 25
Household retirement assets
2024 914,464 841,435 841,435
line 26
Defined benefit plans
2024 226,348 232,478 232,478
line 27
Defined contribution plans
2024 53,600 107,695 107,695
line 28
Individual retirement plans (IRAs)
2024 526,309 455,163 455,163
line 29
Annuities at life insurance companies
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