Even in May, the value of trade was nearly a third lower than a year earlier.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, at $8 billion for the first seven months of the year, is a third lower than a year earlier.
At Goldman Sachs, BofA and Citigroup, revenues from fixed income, currency and commodity trading, the main contributors to investment-banking profits over the past decade, were up to a third lower than a year ago.
According to the World Bank, the dollar value of trade is about a third lower than it was a year ago.
The market values them about a third lower than that.
The median household income is $33,188, about a third lower than the national figure.
Separately, the Airbus unit of EADS said orders for its A380 superjumbo would be a third lower than forecast.
Auto sales numbers plummeted in October and were more than a third lower than one year ago.
But by 1997, the average fertility rate in the transition economies was 1.37, a third lower than in 1988.
Prices, which are at least a third lower than the average, are listed clearly on the company's Web site.
The UK has the worst cancer survival rates in western Europe, a third lower than those of Sweden.
