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L.227 Pension Entitlements
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014   Q3
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
2015   Q3
LineHouseholds and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	15296.8
	16885.6
	17312.9
	18350.6
	19804.1
	20614.0
	20338.2
	20614.0
	20824.5
	20925.1
	20640.2
	1Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability
	1994.7
	2205.8
	2256.2
	2442.9
	2716.9
	2809.8
	2767.5
	2809.8
	2835.5
	2833.8
	2742.0
	2Private pension funds; total liabilities
	5989.8
	6635.9
	6749.9
	7276.2
	8097.6
	8478.8
	8338.0
	8478.8
	8580.6
	8613.9
	8398.3
	3Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets
	2922.6
	3156.4
	3261.1
	3378.6
	3532.8
	3667.4
	3626.9
	3667.4
	3698.8
	3724.4
	3730.6
	4State and local government employee retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	4389.7
	4887.5
	5045.7
	5252.9
	5456.8
	5658.1
	5605.8
	5658.1
	5709.6
	5753.0
	5769.2
	5Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	15296.8
	16885.6
	17312.9
	18350.6
	19804.1
	20614.0
	20338.2
	20614.0
	20824.5
	20925.1
	20640.2
	6All sectors; IRAs; liability
	4488.0
	5029.0
	5241.0
	5907.0
	6966.0
	7443.0
	7343.0
	7443.0
	7600.0
	7629.0
	ND
	7U.S.-chartered depository institutions; IRAs and Keoghs; liability
	356.7
	383.3
	403.6
	428.0
	427.6
	427.8
	423.0
	427.8
	419.2
	428.0
	ND
	8Credit unions; IRAs; liability
	74.2
	77.2
	78.4
	79.9
	79.2
	77.6
	78.1
	77.6
	77.4
	77.3
	ND
	9Life insurance companies; IRAs; liability
	411.0
	454.0
	470.0
	505.0
	538.0
	551.0
	542.0
	551.0
	556.0
	562.0
	ND
	10Money market mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	226.0
	202.0
	211.0
	216.0
	230.0
	219.0
	224.0
	219.0
	213.0
	214.0
	ND
	11Mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	1793.0
	2105.0
	2077.0
	2395.0
	2922.0
	3132.0
	3082.0
	3132.0
	3223.0
	3234.0
	ND
	12Households and nonprofit organizations; IRAs; liability
	1627.1
	1807.5
	2000.9
	2283.1
	2769.2
	3035.6
	2993.8
	3035.6
	3111.4
	3113.6
	ND
	13
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|Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Private pension funds; total liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|State and local government employee retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|All sectors; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|U.S.-chartered depository institutions; IRAs and Keoghs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Credit unions; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Life insurance companies; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Money market mutual funds; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Mutual funds; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Households and nonprofit organizations; IRAs; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|**NOTES**    
Annuities, including those in IRAs.
Includes unallocated insurance company contracts beginning 1985:Q4.
Includes the Thrift Savings Plan, the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, and other federal government retirement funds.
Excludes all individual retirement accounts (IRAs), except those at life insurance companies.
Assets of the household sector (L.101).  Figures for depositories (lines 8 and 9) include Keogh accounts.  Variable annuities in IRAs are included in the life insurance sector (line 10) and excluded from the money market mutual fund and mutual fund sectors (lines 11 and 12).




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