Numbers of note

20 million: The number of jobs that will disappear globally by the end of 2009 as a result of the impact of the financial crisis, according to the UN

7.6%: NCAER’s latest estimate for GDP growth in 2008-09, down from its earlier forecast of 7.8 per cent. CMIE, too, has reduced its GDP growth forecast to 8.7 per cent from 9.4 per cent earlier

57.6%: Percentage of air travellers in India who use the Internet to book air tickets

26: The number of (operational) malls in Delhi compared to 22 in Mumbai

$1billion (Rs 4,900 crore): Exposure of Indian banks to five troubled institutions— Wachovia, Washington Mutual, AIG, Fortis and Lehman Brothers