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L.119 Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014   Q3
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
2015   Q3
LineFederal government retirement funds; total financial assets
	2922.6
	3156.4
	3261.1
	3378.6
	3532.8
	3667.4
	3626.9
	3667.4
	3698.8
	3724.4
	3730.6
	1Federal government retirement funds; debt securities; asset
	1208.2
	1284.8
	1381.1
	1436.9
	1544.5
	1630.5
	1563.3
	1630.5
	1522.3
	1394.8
	1302.5
	2Federal government retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset
	1197.3
	1273.0
	1367.2
	1419.8
	1530.4
	1617.3
	1550.4
	1617.3
	1509.0
	1381.4
	1289.4
	3Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset
	5.2
	5.8
	6.5
	8.1
	6.4
	5.8
	5.7
	5.8
	6.0
	6.1
	5.9
	4Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset
	5.7
	5.9
	7.3
	9.0
	7.7
	7.3
	7.2
	7.3
	7.3
	7.4
	7.2
	5Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities; asset
	116.8
	140.9
	134.4
	148.1
	206.2
	235.0
	224.6
	235.0
	242.6
	242.1
	222.7
	6Federal government retirement funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset
	1597.6
	1730.8
	1745.6
	1793.6
	1782.1
	1802.0
	1839.1
	1802.0
	1934.0
	2087.5
	2205.5
	7Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets
	2922.6
	3156.4
	3261.1
	3378.6
	3532.8
	3667.4
	3626.9
	3667.4
	3698.8
	3724.4
	3730.6
	8Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets
	2692.9
	2891.9
	2975.8
	3062.4
	3151.7
	3240.0
	3217.6
	3240.0
	3261.9
	3283.9
	3304.4
	9Federal government retirement funds; total funded assets
	1095.4
	1161.1
	1230.2
	1270.0
	1369.6
	1438.0
	1378.4
	1438.0
	1388.8
	1324.0
	1298.9
	10Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset
	1597.6
	1730.8
	1745.6
	1792.4
	1782.1
	1802.0
	1839.1
	1802.0
	1873.1
	1959.9
	2005.5
	11Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets
	2692.9
	2891.9
	2975.8
	3062.4
	3151.7
	3240.0
	3217.6
	3240.0
	3261.9
	3283.9
	3304.4
	12Federal government defined contribution retirement funds; total financial assets
	229.7
	264.6
	285.3
	316.2
	381.1
	427.4
	409.4
	427.4
	436.9
	440.5
	426.2
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|Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Federal government retirement funds; debt securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Federal government retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government retirement funds; claims of pension fund on sponsor; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Federal government retirement funds; total funded assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Federal government defined contribution retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|**NOTES**    
Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
Includes marketable and nonmarketable Treasury securities.
Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements and suspended investments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund by the Treasury. Negative values indicate overfunding.
Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans and assets of defined contribution plans, including suspended investments in the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.
Total defined benefit financial assets less defined benefit claims of pension fund on sponsor.
Additional detail on defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans is available on tables L.119.b and L.119.c.




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