It is nearly five years since financial turmoil broke upon an unsuspecting world, in August 2007. So how are crisis-stricken high income countries doing? Badly, is the only answer. Of the six largest high income economies (plus the eurozone), only those of the US and Germany are above previous peaks. Since the US was the epicentre of the early shocks, its recovery has been relatively good. Yet none of these countries can be happy with its performance. While US gross domestic product has It is nearly five years since financial turmoil broke upon an unsuspecting world, in August 2007. So how are crisis-stricken high income countries doing? Badly, is the only answer. Of the six largest high income economies (plus the eurozone), only those of the US and Germany are above earlier peaks. Its US has the epicenter of the early shocks, its recovery has been relatively good. Yet none of these countries can be happy with its performance. While US was the epicenter of the early shocks