The breadth of the economic pain shows up most vividly in the Big O's consumer index.
From the ocregister.com
The 500-stock index, considered a better harbinger of the U.S. market thanks to its breadth and depth, closed at 1,569 Thursday, up 0.4% on the day and 10% for the first three months of 2013.
From the forbes.com
The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents.