US debt clock runs out of digits

The National Debt Clock near Times Square, NYC, yesterday. The '1' can be seen squashed in to the same space as the dollar sign

The financial crisis that has rocked the world over the last few weeks will go down in the history books as changing the face of global capitalism forever.

And in New York City the signs of change have already hit Times Square.

The U.S. national debt has spiraled so high that the National Debt Clock near Times Square has actually run out of digits to record it.