Go to the Federal Reserve Board’s website at www.federalreserve.gov. Find the latest figures for financial assets outstanding at various types of financial institutions using the following steps. Click on “Data.” Click on “Financial Accounts of the United States-Z.1.” Click on “Release Tables: Download PDF”. This downloads a file onto your computer that contains the relevant data. How has the percent of financial assets held by commercial banks changed since that listed in Table 1–2 for 2018?

In Table 1-2

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Depository institutions. Insurance companies Investment companies Pension funds Finance companies Securities brokers and. dealers Real estate investment trusts Total (9) Total ($ trillions) 1860 89.2% 10.7 - 0.0 1922 0.001 77.2% 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 100.0% 100.0% 0.08 1929 67.7% 18.6 2.4 0.7 2.0 8.1 1948 0.12 62.7% 23.4 1.1 9.1 2.5 1.2 100.0% 100.0% 0.27 1960 54.5% 22.6 3.7 13.0 4.7 1.5 100.0% 0.63 1970 56.9% 18.1 3.8 13.3 5.1 2.5 1980 1.39 57.9% 15.7 3.8 13.7 5.2 3.6 2000 4.10 27.9% 14.4 24.0 14.3 4.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 15.1 29.91 2005 28.4% 14.3 21.4 12.1 4.2 18.9 0.7 100.0% 44.35 2010 31.3% 14.2 24.7 12.5 3.5 13.2 0.6 100.0% 52.78 2018 30.6% 13.6 31.5 13.5 2.0 7.8 1.0 100.0% 74.34