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L.227 Pension Entitlements
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014   Q2
2014   Q3
2014   Q4
2015   Q1
2015   Q2
LineHouseholds and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	15450.8
	17024.5
	17441.1
	18481.7
	19932.0
	20762.7
	20419.3
	20477.7
	20762.7
	20977.1
	21091.6
	1Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability
	2148.8
	2344.7
	2384.5
	2574.0
	2843.3
	2956.9
	2912.7
	2906.8
	2956.9
	2986.5
	2985.2
	2Private pension funds; total liabilities
	5989.8
	6635.9
	6749.9
	7276.2
	8097.6
	8478.7
	8343.4
	8337.2
	8478.7
	8580.6
	8619.2
	3Federal government retirement funds; total financial assets
	2922.6
	3156.4
	3261.1
	3378.6
	3533.0
	3667.6
	3596.6
	3627.1
	3667.6
	3699.0
	3724.6
	4State and local government employee retirement funds; pension entitlements (total liabilities)
	4389.7
	4887.5
	5045.7
	5252.9
	5458.1
	5659.4
	5566.6
	5606.6
	5659.4
	5710.9
	5762.6
	5Households and nonprofit organizations; pension entitlements; asset
	15450.8
	17024.5
	17441.1
	18481.7
	19932.0
	20762.7
	20419.3
	20477.7
	20762.7
	20977.1
	21091.6
	6All sectors; IRAs; liability
	4488.0
	5029.0
	5241.0
	5907.0
	6966.0
	7443.0
	7325.0
	7343.0
	7443.0
	7600.0
	7678.6
	7U.S.-chartered depository institutions; IRAs and Keoghs; liability
	356.7
	383.3
	403.6
	428.0
	427.6
	427.8
	419.2
	423.0
	427.8
	419.2
	428.0
	8Credit unions; IRAs; liability
	74.2
	77.2
	78.4
	79.9
	79.2
	77.6
	78.5
	78.1
	77.6
	77.4
	77.3
	9Life insurance companies; IRAs; liability
	411.0
	454.0
	470.0
	505.0
	538.0
	556.0
	542.0
	551.0
	556.0
	556.0
	511.3
	10Money market mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	226.0
	202.0
	211.0
	216.0
	230.0
	219.0
	221.0
	224.0
	219.0
	219.0
	216.5
	11Mutual funds; IRAs; liability
	1793.0
	2106.0
	2078.0
	2395.0
	2923.0
	3133.0
	3124.0
	3083.0
	3133.0
	3130.0
	3137.1
	12Households and nonprofit organizations; IRAs; liability
	1627.1
	1806.5
	1999.9
	2283.1
	2768.2
	3029.6
	2940.3
	2983.8
	3029.6
	3198.4
	3308.3
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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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