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F.119.b Federal Government Employee Retirement Funds Defined Benefit Plans 1
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
LineFederal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets
	84.2
	90.0
	87.5
	88.7
	90.1
	90.3
	90.8
	89.8
	91.1
	90.3
	90.2
	1Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset
	64.9
	71.1
	40.4
	98.2
	69.1
	75.2
	54.8
	-67.5
	-209.0
	-90.0
	667.2
	2Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset
	65.4
	70.4
	40.1
	98.2
	68.9
	75.6
	55.0
	-67.0
	-208.8
	-89.5
	667.7
	3Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	-0.2
	-0.2
	-0.2
	-0.0
	-0.1
	-0.0
	-0.0
	-0.0
	-0.0
	-0.0
	-0.0
	4Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	-0.3
	0.8
	0.4
	0.1
	0.3
	-0.4
	-0.2
	-0.5
	-0.2
	-0.4
	-0.4
	5Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset
	-0.9
	-1.9
	-2.0
	-1.5
	-1.7
	-0.8
	-0.6
	-1.2
	-0.4
	-0.9
	-0.9
	6Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset
	20.2
	20.8
	49.2
	-8.1
	22.8
	16.0
	36.6
	158.5
	300.5
	181.1
	-576.1
	7Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	84.2
	90.0
	87.5
	88.7
	90.1
	90.3
	90.8
	89.8
	91.1
	90.3
	90.2
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|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; total financial assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; debt securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; Treasury securities; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Federal government retirement funds; agency- and GSE-backed securities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Federal government retirement funds; corporate equities held by National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; claims of pension funds on sponsor; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Federal government defined benefit retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|**NOTES**    
Includes Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Railroad Retirement Board, judicial retirement fund, Military Retirement Fund, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and the National Railroad Investment Trust.
Includes claims on sponsor (i.e., unfunded pension entitlements).
Includes both marketable and nonmarketable government securities.
Unfunded defined benefit pension entitlements.
Actuarial value of accrued pension entitlements in defined benefit plans. These liabilities are assets of the household sector.




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