C. In the News: The Stock Market Boom of the 1990s
1. The U.S. stock market experienced a quadrupling of stock prices during the 1990s.
2. This is an article from The Wall Street Journal suggesting that this rise in prices occurred because investors began viewing stocks as less risky than the previously thought.
D. Summing Up
1. There are many financial institutions in the U.S. economy.
2. These institutions all serve the same goal? moving funds from savers to borrowers.
III. Saving and Investment in the National Income Accounts