The important numbers are the totals taken from the first row of the top chart: 9 trillion in 2006 and $20 trillion in 2008 for an $11 trillion increase.
On the second chart note the numbers in the seventh row from the top: $69 trillion in 2006 to 77 trillion in 2008, for an $8 trillion dollar gain. Note that both of these charts only go to the year 2008.
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One of two stories.
The important numbers are the totals taken from the first row of the top chart: 9 trillion in 2006 and $20 trillion in 2008 for an $11 trillion increase.
On the second chart note the numbers in the seventh row from the top: $69 trillion in 2006 to 77 trillion in 2008, for an $8 trillion dollar gain. Note that both of these charts only go to the year 2008.