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L.227 Pension Entitlements
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|Description
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
2015   Q3
2015   Q4
LineHouseholds and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	16887.3
	17313.8
	18353.1
	19812.5
	20620.6
	20971.9
	20620.6
	20832.6
	20935.9
	20614.0
	20971.9
	1Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability
	2207.5
	2258.6
	2446.8
	2726.5
	2847.4
	2874.6
	2847.4
	2874.8
	2875.7
	2794.9
	2874.6
	2Private pension funds; total liabilities
	6635.9
	6749.9
	7276.2
	8097.6
	8503.3
	8553.5
	8503.3
	8605.5
	8638.6
	8376.1
	8553.5
	3Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets
	3156.4
	3261.1
	3378.6
	3533.0
	3651.9
	3757.5
	3651.9
	3683.3
	3708.9
	3715.5
	3757.5
	4State and local government employee retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	4887.5
	5044.2
	5251.5
	5455.5
	5618.0
	5786.3
	5618.0
	5669.0
	5712.7
	5727.6
	5786.3
	5Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	16887.3
	17313.8
	18353.1
	19812.5
	20620.6
	20971.9
	20620.6
	20832.6
	20935.9
	20614.0
	20971.9
	6All sectors; IRAs; liability
	5029.0
	5241.0
	5907.0
	6966.0
	7443.0
	ND
	7443.0
	7600.0
	7629.0
	7266.0
	ND
	7U.S.-chartered depository institutions; IRAs and Keoghs; liability
	383.3
	403.6
	428.0
	427.6
	427.8
	ND
	427.8
	419.2
	428.0
	442.3
	ND
	8Credit unions; IRAs; liability
	77.2
	78.4
	79.9
	79.2
	77.6
	ND
	77.6
	77.4
	77.3
	77.4
	ND
	9Life insurance companies; IRAs; liability
	454.0
	470.0
	505.0
	538.0
	566.0
	ND
	566.0
	571.0
	570.0
	553.0
	ND
	10Money market mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	202.0
	211.0
	216.0
	230.0
	219.0
	ND
	219.0
	213.0
	214.0
	223.0
	ND
	11Mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	2105.0
	2077.0
	2395.0
	2922.0
	3132.0
	ND
	3132.0
	3223.0
	3233.0
	3011.0
	ND
	12Households and nonprofit organizations; IRAs; liability
	1807.5
	2000.9
	2283.1
	2769.2
	3020.6
	ND
	3020.6
	3096.4
	3106.6
	2959.3
	ND
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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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