statistic
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The data came from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s quarterly banking profile, and the statistic in question is unrealized losses on bank securities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The complicated way the statistic is calculated, and relatively small changes from year to year, can obscure the larger improvements in public health over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For all the bad publicity directed frequently at the Los Angeles Unified School District and City Section schools, let’s point out an impressive statistic from the opening week of the high school football season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bessent, in other words, picked the one statistic that told a happy story and built a press appearance around it, while the broader data he was being asked about pointed the other way.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
South Africa's economy shrank in the second quarter of 2026, snapping a nearly two-year growth streak as the war in Iran weighed on domestic demand, the national statistics agency said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The average U.S.-stock mutual fund or exchange-traded fund posted an average total return in the month of 2.4%, according to statistics from LSEG, to push the year-to-gain to 12.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
She said that after decades of economic growth, the latest statistics released by government showed the economy had declined by 7.4% in the two years to March 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The statistics are sobering — so sobering that Defense Department officials refuse to confirm, deny or discuss them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In another meeting early in 1966, McNamara saw these fears put into a language that he understood well: statistics.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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