Federal Reserve Economic Data

Annual

L.119 Federal Government Employee Retirement 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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    1945    
 
 
    2024
Millions of Dollars
Line Name 2024 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Total financial assets
4,871,830 4,691,783 4,691,783
line 2
Checkable deposits and currency
1,001 696 696
line 3
Debt securities
44,182 43,249 43,249
line 4
Treasury securities
19,803 19,923 19,923
line 5
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
10,507 9,998 9,998
line 6
Municipal securities
25 22 22
line 7
Corporate and foreign bonds
13,847 13,306 13,306
line 8
Loans (other loans and advances)
0 0 0
line 9
Corporate equities
649,846 534,457 534,457
line 10
Claims of pension fund on sponsor (misc. assets)
1,000,757 1,179,012 1,179,012
line 11
Pension entitlements (liabilities)
4,871,830 4,691,783 4,691,783
Memo:
Funded status of defined benefit plans:
line 12
Pension entitlements
3,910,463 3,847,018 3,847,018
line 13
Funded by assets
2,909,706 2,668,006 2,668,006
line 14
Unfunded (line 10)
1,000,757 1,179,012 1,179,012
Total financial assets
line 15
Defined benefit plans
3,910,463 3,847,018 3,847,018
line 16
Defined contribution plans
961,367 844,765 844,765
   

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