Insurance companies and pension funds manage a large proportion of the economy’s assets. Their assets and liabilities and flow information can be found at the Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Accounts. Investigate their current balance sheets by going to the Federal Reserve Web site:

 Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Accounts: www.federalreserve.gov/releases/

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 Go to PDF for Flow of Funds tables by sector and security type.

 See Table L117 for life insurance assets.

 See Table L116 for property and casualty insurance assets.

 See Table L117-L119 for pension fund assets.

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