|Skip to Content*Release Date: September 18, 2015*Release dates | 
 Announcements |  
 Coded tables | 
 Historical data | Technical Q&AsCurrent release | 
 Screen reader | 
 PDF (450 KB) | 
 Data Download Program (DDP)

L.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans 1
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014   Q2
2014   Q3
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
LineFederal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets
	2692.9
	2891.9
	2975.8
	3062.4
	3151.7
	3240.0
	3195.6
	3217.6
	3240.0
	3261.9
	3283.9
	1Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset
	1083.8
	1148.7
	1219.8
	1260.2
	1358.4
	1426.9
	1348.4
	1367.7
	1426.9
	1377.9
	1313.2
	2Federal government retirement funds; defined benefit plans Treasury securities; asset
	1079.5
	1145.0
	1215.4
	1255.5
	1353.7
	1422.5
	1343.9
	1363.2
	1422.5
	1373.6
	1309.0
	3Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	1.1
	0.9
	0.7
	0.5
	0.5
	0.3
	0.5
	0.4
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	4Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	3.2
	2.9
	3.7
	4.1
	4.1
	4.1
	4.0
	4.1
	4.1
	3.9
	3.9
	5Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	11.6
	12.4
	10.4
	9.8
	11.2
	11.1
	11.3
	10.8
	11.1
	10.9
	10.8
	6Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset
	1597.6
	1730.8
	1745.6
	1792.4
	1782.1
	1802.0
	1836.0
	1839.1
	1802.0
	1873.1
	1959.9
	7Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	2692.9
	2891.9
	2975.8
	3062.4
	3151.7
	3240.0
	3195.6
	3217.6
	3240.0
	3261.9
	3283.9
	8
|
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Federal government retirement funds; defined benefit plans Treasury securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|**NOTES**    
Includes civil service retirement and disability fund, Railroad Retirement Board, judicial retirement fund, military retirement fund, foreign service retirement and disability fund, and the National Railroad Investment Trust.
Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.




Release dates | 
Announcements | 
Coded tables |
Historical data | 
Technical Q&AsCurrent release | 
Screen reader | 
PDF (450 KB) | 
Data Download Program (DDP)
Statistical releases
Home | 
Economic research and dataAccessibility | 
Contact Us **Last update: September 18, 2015**