Leaving aside the nonsensical distinction between "finance" and "production" that our friend Karl Marx so fundamentally demolished in his critique of political economy, the global financial crisis is having effects upon the sphere of production in Mitteleuropa.
The panicky headline at ARD/ZDF's Tagesschau website:
"German Auto Makers Stop Production":
http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzmarktkrise144.html
Some scant English reportage courtesy of news.google.com:
GM's Adam Opel:
"Car maker Opel cuts back production" http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH3pBwLFxmyNN6asLIYjUNEiSYbg
VW-owned Skoda:
"Skoda Auto to cut production due to fall in demand" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/business/EU-Czech-Skoda.php