Wall Street average bonus rose 15% in 2013 (BBC)
Wall Street bonuses rose 15% last year, to the highest level since the global financial crisis, according to the New York state finance chief.
The average bonus rose to $164,530 (£99,000) in 2013, with total bonus payments rising to $26.7bn, state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated.
His report said the payments were boosted in part by "compensation deferred from prior years".
It focuses only on bonuses paid to bankers and brokers in New York City.
"Wall Street navigated through some rough patches last year and had a profitable 2013," Mr DiNapoli, said in a statement.
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So, I guess this means the economy has really recovered, right ? Oh, wait ... some of this was "deferred from prior years" ... like the years they were busy defrauding the whole country, and destroying the world economy ? Yeah, I can see how that would have been deferred.