Table 1 Relative Share of Total Financial Intermediary Assets (in Percent) US Data

	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1999
Depository Institutions
Banks	38.6	38.5	37.2	30.4	28.6	22.6
S&L (Mutual Savings)	19.0	19.4	19.6	12.5	7.0	4.3
Credit Unions	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	1.6
Total Depository Institutions	58.7	59.3	58.4	44.9	37.6	27.5
Insurance Companies	24.0	19.1	16.0	16.4	17.6	14.9
Pension Funds
Private	6.4	8.4	12.5	14.9	16.2	18.7
Public (state and local)	3.3	4.6	4.9	6.7	8.4	11.0
Finance Companies	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.6	5.3	3.7
Mutual Funds
Stock and Bond	2.9	3.6	1.7	5.9	10.8	17.2
Money Market	NA	NA	1.9	4.6	4.2	6.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: US Board of Governors, Flow of Funds

Table 2 Relative Share of Total Financial Intermediary Assets (in Percent) UK Data 1913-1995

	1913	1930	1939	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1995
Banks	64	60	55	65	40	30	31	33	28
Building Societies	4	8	12	9	12	18	22	17	11
Insurance Companies	32	31	32	26	30	28	23	23	30
Pension Funds	NA	NA	NA	NA	14	16	18	25	27
Investment Trusts	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7	4	3	3
Finance Companies	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	1	1	1
Total as % of GDP	71	99	109	112	106	131	129	251	310

Source: The Complete Finance Companion, 1998.