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F.118.c Private Pension Funds Defined Contribution Plans1
   Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
LinePrivate defined contribution pension funds total financial assets asset
	39.6
	27.4
	88.1
	51.8
	51.9
	43.4
	51.5
	39.8
	46.9
	51.8
	44.4
	27.4
	6.5
	1Private defined contribution pension funds checkable deposits and currency (including CREF) asset
	0.6
	1.0
	-1.4
	1.1
	2.1
	-1.4
	0.5
	0.1
	0.1
	0.2
	0.2
	0.4
	0.3
	2Private defined contribution pension funds total time and savings deposits (including CREF) asset
	-5.4
	-5.8
	13.3
	-19.6
	0.8
	-1.3
	1.6
	0.7
	0.2
	0.6
	0.7
	1.0
	1.1
	3Private defined contribution pension funds money market mutual fund share holdings asset
	11.2
	13.4
	2.3
	12.1
	4.2
	-6.1
	9.4
	-0.2
	0.6
	1.9
	3.4
	3.4
	2.3
	4Private defined contribution pension funds federal funds transactions and loans made under security repurchase agreements (including CREF) asset
	1.9
	1.1
	1.1
	2.3
	3.9
	-7.4
	2.0
	0.3
	1.1
	1.0
	2.9
	10.1
	-2.9
	5Private defined contribution pension funds credit market instruments, excluding corporate equities asset
	5.1
	7.1
	16.6
	18.2
	-1.3
	-16.4
	27.9
	-4.1
	10.1
	10.6
	26.7
	16.5
	16.3
	6Private defined contribution pension funds commercial paper (including CREF) asset
	3.0
	1.5
	3.0
	5.6
	1.3
	-8.0
	3.6
	-2.3
	0.6
	1.5
	2.7
	-1.2
	1.0
	7Private defined contribution pension funds total Treasury securities, excluding U.S. savings bonds asset
	0.3
	-1.2
	7.4
	-1.9
	1.8
	-7.2
	9.3
	-1.1
	2.9
	1.6
	2.8
	7.3
	5.3
	8Private defined contribution pension funds U.S. government agency securities asset
	1.0
	-0.9
	1.0
	9.1
	4.4
	3.4
	-1.5
	2.7
	3.6
	2.5
	13.1
	2.2
	5.4
	9Private defined contribution pension funds corporate and foreign bonds asset
	0.2
	7.6
	5.0
	3.5
	-10.2
	-1.8
	16.1
	-3.4
	3.2
	5.0
	8.3
	7.0
	3.4
	10Private defined contribution pension funds total mortgages asset
	0.7
	0.3
	0.2
	1.8
	1.5
	-2.8
	0.4
	-0.0
	-0.1
	0.0
	-0.2
	1.2
	1.2
	11Private defined contribution pension funds corporate equities (including CREF) asset
	-28.4
	-45.4
	21.0
	-51.5
	-22.3
	67.0
	-45.5
	10.9
	23.8
	25.1
	9.4
	-44.4
	-56.0
	12Private defined contribution pension funds mutual fund share holdings asset
	38.0
	48.0
	45.8
	93.5
	75.6
	35.7
	39.7
	37.9
	24.8
	18.9
	28.5
	41.2
	26.1
	13Private defined contribution pension funds total miscellaneous financial claims asset
	16.7
	7.9
	-10.7
	-4.2
	-11.1
	-26.7
	16.0
	-5.7
	-13.9
	-6.4
	-27.3
	-0.6
	19.2
	14Private defined contribution pension funds unallocated insurance contracts asset
	2.1
	-4.6
	-20.1
	-4.3
	-30.4
	12.9
	1.2
	-7.3
	-10.8
	-1.6
	-20.2
	1.7
	12.4
	15Private defined contribution pension funds insurance or pension fund claims contributions receivable asset
	3.8
	3.0
	4.8
	-10.8
	-1.7
	1.2
	6.0
	-0.1
	-1.1
	0.0
	-1.8
	4.7
	0.8
	16Private defined contribution pension funds unidentified miscellaneous financial claims (including CREF) asset
	10.8
	9.6
	4.5
	10.9
	21.0
	-40.7
	8.8
	1.8
	-2.0
	-4.9
	-5.3
	-7.0
	6.0
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|Private defined contribution pension funds total financial assets asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Private defined contribution pension funds checkable deposits and currency (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Private defined contribution pension funds total time and savings deposits (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Private defined contribution pension funds money market mutual fund share holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Private defined contribution pension funds federal funds transactions and loans made under security repurchase agreements (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Private defined contribution pension funds credit market instruments, excluding corporate equities asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Private defined contribution pension funds commercial paper (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Private defined contribution pension funds total Treasury securities, excluding U.S. savings bonds asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Private defined contribution pension funds U.S. government agency securities asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Private defined contribution pension funds corporate and foreign bonds asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Private defined contribution pension funds total mortgages asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Private defined contribution pension funds corporate equities (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Private defined contribution pension funds mutual fund share holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Private defined contribution pension funds total miscellaneous financial claims asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Private defined contribution pension funds insurance or pension fund claims contributions receivable asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Private defined contribution pension funds unidentified miscellaneous financial claims (including CREF) asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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