Reply #2: I don't get this "forecast 2.1 percent decline in global export volumes"

[Prometheus Bound]

They sound like incurable optimists. I'd like to know where they get their figures.

Japan's exports halved in January
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7931806.stm

German exports plunge 20.7 percent in January
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/10/content_10986574.htm

China's exports in February tumbled 25.7 percent.
http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINSHA5665920090319

China steel exports facing 80% decline
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/604593

Singapore: Feb exports fall 23.7% - January 35%
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_351546.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3W9LP45y_yv62eqf0HIZhNsrZsA

Canada on track for record dive in exports
Toronto-Dominion Bank is forecasting as much as a 20% drop in exports in the first half of this year
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1388056

US January exports dip by 16.4% YoY
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/03/19/ODY3OTE%3D/Slowdown_signs_-_US_January_exports_dip_by_16.4%2525_YoY.html