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TABLE A3

Balance Sheet of Pension Plans
by type of plan, 1996
(amounts in millions)
Type of Asset or Liability Total Defined Benefit Defined Contribution
ASSETS
Cash $92,219 $29,227 $62,992
Receivables 55,027 23,957 31,070
Corporate debt and equity instruments 833,705 362,140 471,565
U.S. Government securities 165,105 114,251 50,853
Real estate and mortgages (other than to participants) 17,225 10,969 6,256
Mortgage loans to participants 1,441 144 1,297
Other loans to participants 24,148 476 23,671
Other investments and assets 1,946,985 1,043,948 903,037
Buildings and other property used in plan operations 428 285 143
TOTAL ASSETS 3,136,281 1,585,397 1,550,884
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LIABILITIES
Payables 15,615 7,677 7,937
Acquisition indebtedness 17,003 939 16,064
Other liabilities 27,966 12,712 15,254
TOTAL LIABILITIES 60,584 21,329 39,255
NET ASSETS 3,075,697 1,564,068 1,511,629

NOTE: Total asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These excluded funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total pension fund assets.
SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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