JSTOR was initiated in 1995 at seven different library sites, and originally encompassed ten economics and history journals. JSTOR access improved based on feedback from its initial sites, and it became a fully searchable index accessible from any ordinary web browser.
BREAKING DOWN 'U.S. Savings Bonds' A U.S. savings bond is a common type of government bond, which is a bond issued by a governmental body to raise funds from the public to fund its capital projects and other operations necessary to manage the economy.
Because savings bonds are backed by the U.S. government, they are considered to be one of the safest ways of investing your hard-earned money. There are two different types of savings bonds. EE savings bonds were put into place in 1980. They are the paper type of bond that most people are familiar with.