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L.118.c Private Pension Funds: Defined Contribution Plans


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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    1945    
 
 
    2025
Millions of U.S. Dollars
Line Name 2025 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Total financial assets
11,799,966 10,551,777 10,551,777
line 2
Checkable deposits and currency
3,309 5,507 5,507
line 3
Time and savings deposits
5,311 5,250 5,250
line 4
Money market fund shares
198,719 175,430 175,430
line 5
Security repurchase agreements
0 0 0
line 6
Debt securities
755,670 645,323 645,323
line 7
Open market paper
12,391 12,248 12,248
line 8
Treasury securities
286,956 236,990 236,990
line 9
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
129,212 121,039 121,039
line 10
Corporate and foreign bonds
327,111 275,046 275,046
line 11
Loans (mortgages)
2,538 4,253 4,253
line 12
Corporate equities
4,189,501 3,248,514 3,248,514
line 13
Mutual fund shares
5,392,962 5,242,854 5,242,854
line 14
Miscellaneous assets
1,251,956 1,224,646 1,224,646
line 15
Unallocated insurance contracts
573,557 560,681 560,681
line 16
Contributions receivable
57,958 53,398 53,398
line 17
Other
620,441 610,567 610,567
line 18
Pension entitlements (liabilities)
11,799,966 10,551,777 10,551,777
   

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