How the Giants of Finance Shrank, Then Grew, Under the Financial Crisis - Interactive - NYTimes.com
From $1.87 trillion down to $290 billion (ouch) and then back up to $947 billion in Sept 2009.
Fantastic visualisation of this. Watch AIG shrink in the wash! And of course Lehman Bros disappears entirely! Even ouch-er.
Watch here:
Source: The New York Times
