It is the last day of business for Wall Street in 2009 - as the world reflects on a turbulent 12 months for the global economy.
Bankers and their multi-million-dollar bonuses drew much of the public's anger, especially as the US is still, officially, in recession.
Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from where it all began to go wrong - Wall Street in New York.
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