Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Flow of Funds Guide

This interactive documentation serves as a guide to the data compiled and published as part of the “Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States” (Z.1) data release and the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts. This comprehensive documentation system is designed to help a user understand the links between series and underlying source data by providing the capability to search or browse the vast amount of information underlying the Z.1 and the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts.

The two options below offer different ways to view the structure of these accounts. Option 1 allows a user to search series mnemonics, or names, and descriptions. Expand the “Tips” to see the syntax that can be used to create different searches and filter search results. Option 2 displays a list of all tables published in the Z.1 data release and the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts, linking the user to information associated with each table.

Option 1: Search


Tips on how to search
Search Meaning Example
57? searches for codes that begin with 57 573065103
?03 searches for codes that end in 03 723065403
corporate  searches tables for corporate corporate
136 searches for codes containing 136 136006003, 175013663, 114586136
'X Y' searches for exact phrase X Y 'Mutual Funds'

Option 2: Browse tables

Announcements

Next Flow of Funds Guide release date is Thursday September 20, 2012; at 12 noon
2012-06-14

The web-based guide to the Flow of Funds Accounts has been expanded to include two new features. The "Release Highlights" page lists major data revisions and other changes to the accounts in a searchable format for all Z.1 releases beginning with 2004:Q1. The "Code Changes" page lists changes to flow of funds mnemonics in a sortable and searchable format beginning with 2009:Q4. Unpublished data available in DDP will be updated within a few days after the Z.1 release.

All announcements
Last update: July 15, 2012