The fith anniversary of the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed / Charts You Need To See

Sunday marks the five year anniversary of the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed, kicking off the devastating financial crisis that left the country with high unemployment rates, a tangled web of destruction in the housing industry, and consumer confidence that is still smarting half a decade after the fact.

It’s easy to see that the crisis has wounded the country in ways big and small, and that the damage isn’t done even now. Here are five charts that capture the scope and struggles of the Great Recession, five years after it began:

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at 

via Five Charts You Need To See To Understand The Financial Crisis, Five Years Later | ThinkProgress.