statistics

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Volumes fell 0.4% from March, following an upwardly revised 0.8% rise the previous month, according to data published Thursday by the European Union’s statistics agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Government statistics show that 6.3 million people in the UK have dyslexia, while one in six adults have the reading level of an 11-year-old.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It was introduced as part of efforts to improve policing for black people, who statistics show are more than two times more likely to be arrested than white people in Britain.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

There’s a reason Musk bought Twitter, a reason Pratt talks the way he does about statistics, and a reason amateur creators blow so much money on their A.I. bills.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

One patch of new ground that made us particularly proud emerged from David Cay Johnston’s obsessive mining of tax records and other government statistics.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times