The S&P 500 has begun bouncing back, but it's still far below its level at the start of the recession. (Click to enlarge.)
Though the worst of our current economic crisis wouldn't hit until September 2008, the recession began in December 2007.
That leaves a lot of financial wreckage to sort through. NPR's Robert Benincasa and David Wright have charted key categories — including the look, above, at the S&P 500.







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