![After a decade of agony, Citi needs to demonstrate it is able to grow again](https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/FN-AA220_CitiIl_M_20170329125114.jpg)
The Economist recently observed that “Citigroup’s decade of agony is almost over,” and now all it needs to is be able to demonstrate that it can grow again. That will not be so easy. After a decade of focusing on just surviving, it now has to select a business model that can succeed in the decade to come.
Finding successful long-term business models is not something that Citi has been good at.