Federal Reserve Economic Data

Annual

L.209 Open Market Paper


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 liabilities
2024 1,323,376 1,224,987 1,224,987
line 2
Commercial paper
2024 1,323,376 1,224,987 1,224,987
line 3
Nonfinancial corporate business
2024 196,640 217,959 217,959
line 4
Foreign issues in U.S.
2024 388,956 318,965 318,965
line 5
Nonfinancial
2024 43,149 20,835 20,835
line 6
Financial
2024 345,807 298,130 298,130
line 7
Financial business
2024 737,780 688,063 688,063
line 8
U.S.-chartered depository institutions
2024 182,648 190,959 190,959
line 9
Foreign banking offices in U.S.
2024 179,871 147,995 147,995
line 10
ABS issuers
2024 173,185 131,330 131,330
line 11
Finance companies
2024 67,787 76,930 76,930
line 12
REITs
2024 0 0 0
line 13
Holding companies
2024 7,013 12,639 12,639
line 14
Funding corporations
2024 127,276 128,210 128,210
line 15
Bankers’ acceptances
2024 0 0 0
line 16
U.S.-chartered depository institutions
2024 0 0 0
line 17
Foreign banking offices in U.S.
2024 0 0 0
line 18
Total assets
2024 1,323,376 1,224,987 1,224,987
line 19
Nonfinancial corporate business
2024 202,579 196,246 196,246
line 20
State and local governments
2024 245,446 229,378 229,378
line 21
Monetary authority
2024 0 0 0
line 22
U.S.-chartered depository institutions
2024 0 0 0
line 23
Foreign banking offices in U.S.
2024 0 0 0
line 24
Credit unions
2024 60 0 0
line 25
Property-casualty insurance companies
. . . .
line 26
Life insurance companies
. . . .
line 27
Private pension funds
2024 27,856 31,362 31,362
line 28
State and local govt. retirement funds
2024 10,153 11,455 11,455
line 29
Money market funds
2024 299,442 301,868 301,868
line 30
Mutual funds
. . . .
line 31
Government-sponsored enterprises
2024 8,747 11,574 11,574
line 32
Brokers and dealers
2024 32,026 19,644 19,644
line 33
Funding corporations
2024 266,534 223,791 223,791
line 34
Rest of the world
2024 137,444 123,395 123,395
   

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