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Last Updated: November 15, 2006

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Markets that direct savings into money-type assets (such as stocks, bonds, and bank accounts) and pay households for the use of their savings. Commercial banks, savings and loans, credit unions, insurance companies, brokerage houses, pension funds, and investment bankers are some of the businesses that are found in financial markets.

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