Annual

F.211 Agency- and GSE-Backed Securities


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    
 
 
    2025
Millions of U.S. Dollars
Line Name 2025 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Net issues
258,202 298,602 298,602
line 2
Budget agencies
1,439 278 278
line 3
Government-sponsored enterprises
91,472 124,418 124,418
line 4
Agency- and GSE-backed mortgage pools
165,291 173,906 173,906
line 5
Net purchases
258,202 298,602 298,602
line 6
Household sector
-127,188 70,179 70,179
line 7
Nonfinancial corporate business
3,029 3,497 3,497
line 8
Federal government
0 0 0
line 9
State and local governments
11,947 11,697 11,697
line 10
Monetary authority
-200,220 -204,237 -204,237
line 11
U.S.-chartered depository institutions
-36,528 -9,007 -9,007
line 12
Foreign banking offices in U.S.
13,135 6,051 6,051
line 13
Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas
-1,614 -979 -979
line 14
Credit unions
5,878 -6,356 -6,356
line 15
Property-casualty insurance companies
32,892 41,787 41,787
line 16
Life insurance companies
27,274 -756 -756
line 17
Private pension funds
13,824 13,130 13,130
line 18
Federal government retirement funds
662 8 8
line 19
State and local govt. retirement funds
33,755 20,665 20,665
line 20
Money market funds
126,745 178,165 178,165
line 21
Mutual funds
37,446 35,565 35,565
line 22
Government-sponsored enterprises
38,457 2,177 2,177
line 23
ABS issuers
0 0 0
line 24
REITs
63,913 16,478 16,478
line 25
Brokers and dealers
153,539 34,390 34,390
line 26
Holding companies
-473 131 131
line 27
Rest of the world
61,729 86,017 86,017
   

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