CHART OF THE DAY: The Complete History Of The Financial Crisis In One Chart
Sep 11, 2013, 20:21 IST
Five years ago this week, we saw Lehman Brothers go bankrupt, Merrill Lynch get rescued by Bank of America, and AIG get bailed out by the government.
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The credit markets froze, stocks tanked, and the government intervened.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury just published a presentation looking back at the financial crisis and the progress since then.
It included this annotated chart of the S&P 500 and consumer sentiment during the period.
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