statistics

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The BLS, like many statistics agencies worldwide, has faced a number of challenges in recent years with declining survey response rates and dwindling resources.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The official statistics are essentially the number of people sleeping or about to bed down in the open air or in buildings not designated for habitation, such as car parks, on a single night.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Output rose 0.4% on month, the first rise since November of last year, Germany’s statistics agency Destatis said Tuesday, compared with an upwardly revised 0.1% fall in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

However, statistics published by the government's own workforce planning group show that for the past nine years, universities have consistently recruited too many primary teachers and not enough secondary teachers in most subjects.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Extrapolation of the statistics of double stars which are greatly disparate in mass suggests that almost all single stars like the Sun should have planetary companions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan