Federal Reserve Economic Data

Annual

L.129 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)


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 Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Total financial assets
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line 2
Checkable deposits and currency
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line 3
Debt securities
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line 4
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
2024 194,030 176,499 176,499
line 5
Corporate and foreign bonds
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line 6
Loans (mortgages)
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line 7
Home
. . . .
line 8
Multifamily residential
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line 9
Commercial
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line 10
Miscellaneous assets
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line 11
Total liabilities
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line 12
Security repurchase agreements
2024 235,098 218,678 218,678
line 13
Debt securities
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line 14
Open market paper
2024 0 0 0
line 15
Corporate bonds
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line 16
Loans
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line 17
Depository institution loans n.e.c.
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line 18
Other loans and advances
2024 0 115 115
line 19
Mortgages
2024 246,911 255,446 255,446
line 20
Miscellaneous liabilities
. . . .
Memo:
line 21
Securitized assets included above
2024 153,387 153,136 153,136
line 22
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
2024 0 0 0
line 23
Home mortgages
2024 55,452 46,317 46,317
line 24
Multifamily residential mortgages
2024 8,059 8,787 8,787
line 25
Commercial mortgages
2024 89,876 98,032 98,032
   

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