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F.118.b Private Pension Funds Defined Benefit Plans
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
2015   Q3
2015   Q4
LinePrivate defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets
	47.5
	46.6
	22.5
	-8.0
	-22.6
	-22.7
	-22.7
	-22.7
	-22.7
	-22.7
	-22.7
	1Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset
	2.7
	1.8
	-1.0
	0.3
	0.1
	0.8
	0.4
	1.1
	0.4
	0.3
	1.4
	2Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset
	-0.2
	1.2
	-3.3
	4.5
	-0.1
	2.6
	-0.6
	3.5
	1.4
	2.1
	3.5
	3Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset
	-5.1
	-0.3
	-4.0
	5.3
	-1.5
	-0.9
	-2.7
	-2.2
	-4.6
	0.6
	2.7
	4Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset
	-0.2
	0.0
	-0.3
	0.4
	0.0
	0.2
	0.1
	0.3
	0.1
	-0.1
	0.3
	5Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset
	70.5
	80.5
	83.9
	74.3
	15.0
	21.8
	7.5
	32.2
	-9.0
	24.4
	39.8
	6Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset
	-1.0
	1.1
	-3.6
	4.9
	0.5
	1.9
	1.4
	3.9
	1.5
	-1.0
	3.1
	7Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset
	7.4
	32.9
	36.0
	-2.7
	5.6
	7.4
	4.0
	13.0
	4.9
	5.8
	5.7
	8Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset
	2.7
	0.7
	-9.1
	-6.2
	-6.0
	-4.9
	-8.8
	-4.4
	-7.4
	-6.6
	-1.1
	9Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset
	61.4
	45.8
	60.7
	78.3
	14.9
	17.5
	11.0
	19.7
	-8.1
	26.2
	32.0
	10Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset
	1.2
	-2.4
	-0.1
	-1.1
	-0.4
	-1.2
	-2.6
	-1.5
	-2.4
	-1.2
	0.4
	11Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset
	-4.1
	-72.7
	-11.0
	-186.1
	-85.9
	-77.1
	-115.8
	-30.9
	-37.6
	-90.7
	-149.3
	12Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset
	0.7
	22.3
	-28.7
	-9.3
	-9.9
	-16.6
	-3.6
	-16.6
	-18.6
	-8.8
	-22.3
	13Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets
	-17.7
	16.3
	-12.9
	103.7
	60.0
	47.6
	94.6
	-8.6
	47.6
	50.6
	100.9
	14Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset
	-8.3
	12.9
	-9.5
	-2.7
	0.6
	1.2
	-1.1
	0.8
	-0.7
	-0.9
	5.7
	15Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset
	13.4
	1.7
	-12.4
	-4.1
	-1.9
	1.7
	-2.7
	4.6
	1.2
	-2.4
	3.3
	16Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset
	-32.1
	-19.5
	-11.6
	110.9
	54.2
	43.3
	108.9
	-21.4
	51.3
	56.5
	86.7
	17Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets
	9.3
	21.2
	20.6
	-0.4
	7.1
	1.4
	-10.5
	7.4
	-4.2
	-2.7
	5.2
	18Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	47.5
	46.6
	22.6
	-7.9
	-22.5
	-22.6
	-22.6
	-22.6
	-22.6
	-22.6
	-22.6
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|Private defined benefit pension funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; checkable deposits and currency; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; total time and savings deposits; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; money market mutual fund shares; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; security repurchase agreements; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Private defined benefit pension funds; debt securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; commercial paper; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Private defined benefit pension funds; Treasury securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Private defined benefit pension funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Private defined benefit pension funds; total mortgages; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; corporate equities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Private defined benefit pension funds; mutual fund shares; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Private defined benefit pension funds; total miscellaneous assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Private defined benefit pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Private defined benefit pension funds; pension fund contributions receivable; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Private defined benefit pension funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Private defined benefit pension funds; unidentified miscellaneous assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Private defined benefit pension funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|**NOTES**    
Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
Assets of private pension plans held at life insurance companies; series begins 1985:Q4.
Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements. Negative values indicate overfunding.
Actuarial value of accrued defined benefit pension entitlements.




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