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L.118.c Private Pension Funds Defined Contribution Plans1
   Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Description
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
LinePrivate defined contribution pension funds total financial assets asset
	1634.2
	1949.3
	2236.2
	2519.2
	2488.6
	2238.0
	2037.9
	2525.6
	2783.0
	3014.2
	3484.9
	3726.4
	2664.8
	1Private defined contribution pension funds checkable deposits and currency (including CREF) asset
	3.4
	4.3
	2.9
	4.0
	6.1
	4.7
	5.1
	5.2
	5.3
	5.5
	5.7
	6.0
	6.4
	2Private defined contribution pension funds total time and savings deposits (including CREF) asset
	29.4
	23.7
	37.0
	17.4
	18.2
	17.0
	18.6
	19.3
	19.5
	20.0
	20.8
	21.8
	22.9
	3Private defined contribution pension funds money market mutual fund share holdings asset
	49.1
	62.5
	64.8
	76.9
	81.1
	75.1
	84.5
	84.3
	84.9
	86.7
	90.1
	93.5
	95.7
	4Private defined contribution pension funds federal funds transactions and loans made under security repurchase agreements (including CREF) asset
	13.2
	14.3
	15.4
	17.7
	21.6
	14.2
	16.2
	16.5
	22.1
	23.1
	26.0
	36.2
	33.3
	5Private defined contribution pension funds credit market instruments, excluding corporate equities asset
	153.4
	160.5
	177.2
	195.3
	194.0
	177.5
	205.4
	201.3
	211.5
	222.1
	248.8
	265.3
	281.6
	6Private defined contribution pension funds commercial paper (including CREF) asset
	16.6
	18.1
	21.1
	26.6
	27.9
	19.9
	23.6
	21.3
	21.9
	23.4
	26.1
	24.9
	25.9
	7Private defined contribution pension funds total Treasury securities, excluding U.S. savings bonds asset
	41.3
	40.1
	47.5
	45.6
	47.4
	40.2
	49.5
	48.4
	51.3
	52.8
	55.6
	62.9
	68.2
	8Private defined contribution pension funds U.S. government agency securities asset
	28.5
	27.5
	28.6
	37.7
	42.1
	45.4
	44.0
	46.7
	50.3
	52.8
	66.0
	68.1
	73.6
	9Private defined contribution pension funds corporate and foreign bonds asset
	62.5
	70.1
	75.1
	78.6
	68.4
	66.6
	82.6
	79.3
	82.4
	87.4
	95.8
	102.8
	106.2
	10Private defined contribution pension funds total mortgages asset
	4.4
	4.7
	4.9
	6.7
	8.2
	5.4
	5.8
	5.8
	5.6
	5.6
	5.4
	6.6
	7.8
	11Private defined contribution pension funds corporate equities (including CREF) asset
	638.8
	759.7
	920.1
	959.9
	894.6
	848.0
	670.9
	925.8
	1039.4
	1144.2
	1350.6
	1395.8
	876.8
	12Private defined contribution pension funds mutual fund share holdings asset
	381.6
	537.8
	633.3
	857.5
	895.3
	782.1
	743.1
	929.4
	1044.6
	1145.6
	1361.2
	1509.7
	1001.6
	13Private defined contribution pension funds total miscellaneous financial claims asset
	365.4
	386.5
	385.4
	390.4
	377.6
	319.5
	294.0
	343.7
	355.8
	367.0
	381.8
	398.1
	346.5
	14Private defined contribution pension funds unallocated insurance contracts asset
	251.1
	259.7
	249.2
	254.1
	222.0
	203.4
	163.2
	211.3
	233.5
	249.6
	271.4
	290.1
	231.7
	15Private defined contribution pension funds insurance or pension fund claims contributions receivable asset
	41.7
	44.7
	49.6
	38.7
	37.0
	38.2
	44.2
	44.1
	43.0
	43.0
	41.2
	45.8
	46.7
	16Private defined contribution pension funds unidentified miscellaneous financial claims (including CREF) asset
	72.6
	82.1
	86.7
	97.6
	118.6
	77.9
	86.6
	88.4
	79.3
	74.5
	69.1
	62.1
	68.1
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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Private defined contribution pension funds unallocated insurance contracts asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|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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