Numbers of note

30%:The expected percentage of dip in recruitments in companies across 22 segments, according to HR service provider Ma Foi, over the figures that it put out in January this year.

13%: The fall in the number of air traffic passengers in October, compared to October 2007.

$283 billion: (Rs 14.15 lakh crore): Remittances from expatriates to developing nations in 2008, according to a World Bank prospects group report.

25,000: The number of people State Bank of India (SBI) plans to recruit in 2008-09