What counts

And it's one, two, three, what are we counting for

don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop isn't very calm

And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates

ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna cry


germanys machine tool orders january 2009 on a year-to-year comparison: -40%
cars beeing assembled in america in january 2009 on a year-to-year comparison: -60%
percentage of chinese toy exporters which went bust last year: ~ -50%
taiwan's shipments of laptop computers in january 09: -33%
industry production during the last 3 months in us: -3,6% (+13,8% in 2008)
industry production during the last 3 months in gb: -4,4% (+16,4% in 2008)
industry production during the 4th quarter of 2008 in germany: -6,8%
industry production in the 12months to december of 2008 in taiwan: -32%
industry production during the 4th quarter of 2008 in taiwan: -21,8%
industry production during the 4th quarter of 2008 in japan: -12%
Venezuelas earnings from oil in 2008: $92,9 billion
venezuelas earnings from oil in 2009: $21,6 billion (forecast)
corporate profits in japan in 2008: -89%
world air cargo traffic in december 2008: -23%
exports of singapore in the last quarter of 2008: -17%
exports of germany in the last quarter of 2008: -8% (annualised rate)
exports of japan in the 12months to december of 2008: -35%
exports of china in the 12months to january of 2009: -18%
imports to china in the 12months to january of 2009: -43%
imports to vietnam in the 12months to december 2008: -45%
exports of taiwan in the 12months to december 2008: -42%
exports to china from the rest of asia in the 12months to december 2008: -27%
world foreign direct investment inflows in 2008: -21%
new car registrations in US year-to-year in january: -37,1%
private capital inflow into emerging markets 2007 to 2009: -50%
net loss of boeing in the fourth quarter 2008: $56 million
gdp fall at an averaged annualised rate in the fourth quarter of 2008 in hong kong, singapore, south korea and taiwan: -15%
exports at an averaged annualised rate in the fourth quarter of 2008 in hong kong, singapore, south korea and taiwan: around -50%
gdp euro area 2008: 0,8%
gdp euro area 2009: predicted -2,1%
gdp austria: $373 billion (nominal)
loans from austrian banks in west europe (with kazahkstan, russia and ukraine): €230 billion

price of a volkswagen-share on friday, the 24.10.2008, in euro: 210,85
price of a volkswagen-share on tuesday, the 28.10.2008, in euro: 945
loss of adolf merckle, who bet on falling volkswagen stock prices, in euro: about 1 billion
transaction volume of ratiopharm, one of merckles companies, in germany in 2007, in euro: 819,4 millionen
time to build a volkswagen in hours: 35,2
approximate time, marcel proust needed to write his epic novel "auf der suche nach der verlorenen zeit", in years: 17
toyota's output 2008: -50%

payments of citigroup to its empoyees in 2007: $34.4 billion
recent stock market value of citigroup: $18,1 billion
post-tax profits of merrill lynch in 2005 and 2006 combined: $12.6 billion
losses of merrill lynch in the fourth quarter of 2008 alone: $15,3 billion
wall street workers who said that they received bonus for 2008, despite the carnage: 79%
americans who have faith in the financial system: 22%
price for which dick fuld, onetime leader of lehman brothers, sold his three-acre florida estate (to his wife): $ 100

coffee sold in UK which is instant coffee: 80%

to be continued