The Python statistics module is a built-in module for performing simple statistical calculations. Since it's part of the standard Python library, it's available in every Python installation. To access ...

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If the shutdown is short-lived, it won’t be very disruptive. But if the release of economic data is delayed for several weeks ...

Federal statistical agencies face increasingly overt politicization by the Trump Administration on top of chronic ...

Since its introduction in 1963, the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index ® (CEPCI) has been tracking changes to construction costs for chemical manufacturing and related process facilities. The data ...

The federal shutdown has silenced one of Wall Street’s most closely watched indicators: the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The Wall Street Journal writes that with the ...

Key Takeaways The Bureau of Labor Statistics didn't publish its monthly jobs report Friday because of the government shutdown, leaving the public in the dark about the state of the job market.The data ...

From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday ...

From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern ...