In
finance
numbers
are
variously
the
lingua
franca,
the
currency,
the
oil
that
keeps
the
world
moving,
and
the
things
that
either
mean
it’s
been
a
good
month,
quarter,
or
year
for
investors.
But
while
everyone
obsesses
about
monthly
gross
domestic
product
and
inflation
data,
some
numbers
are
outliers,
with
the
capacity
to
surprise
even
the
most
seasoned
observers.
Here’s
a
round-up
of
our
2023
favourites:
84,000
Number
of
registered
delegates
at
COP28
over
14
days.
Number
of
resolutions:
1.5.
$25,911
Rise
in
Bitcoin
price
since
January
1,
2023
Three
Germany
managed
to
become
the
third
largest
economy
in
the
world
by
default
after
Japan
was
dislodged
by
a
slide
in
the
yen
against
the
dollar
and
the
euro.
Fourth
Chancellor
Jeremy
Hunt
in
his
Autumn
Statement
said
that
England’s
9-10-year-olds
are
now
the
fourth-best
readers
in
the
world.
But
they’re
the
fifth-best
spelers…
5%
Sam
Bankman
Fried’s
estimated
chance
of
becoming
President,
according
to
ex
Caroline
Ellison.
He
faces
a
maximum
prison
sentence
of
110
years
and
will
be
sentenced
next
year.
66%
Year-on-year
fall
in
the
number
of
UK
prime
ministers;
2022
had
Boris
Johnson,
Liz
Truss
and
Rishi
Sunak
in
charge.
2023
has
had
just
one.
There
may
be
a
100%
increase
in
2024!
280%
Rise
in
share
price
of
Nvidia
this
year;
the
one
stock
you
wish
you’d
bought!
4.9
million
Number
of
followers
Argentina’s
new
president
Javier
Milei
has
on
Instagram.
He
describes
himself
only
as
“ECONOMISTA”
in
his
bio.
An
account
dedicated
to
his
hair
has
1.2
million.
43
Staff
at
Signa
Holding,
owner
of
New
York’s
Chrysler
Building,
Britain’s
Selfridges
department
store
and
KaDeWe
in
Berlin.
Now
in
receivership,
the
Austrian
company
had
€27
billion
(£23.2
billion)
in
assets
but
only
43
staff,
36
of
whom
worked
in
“non-essential
functions”
like
party
planning,
hunting,
and
serving
on
private
jets.
Non-essential
indeed.
£32.1
billion
Money
spent
on
rent
in
London
in
2023;
in
2023
£82.6
billion
will
be
spent
on
rent
in
the
UK
overall –
a
10%
increase
on
last
year.
INFINITY
Number
of
times
fund
managers
have
misspelled
Warren
Buffett
as
“Buffet”
when
asked
by
Morningstar
which
investor
they
most
admire…
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