How to confuse people with financial statistics
https://www.reuters.com/markets/how-confuse-people-with-financial-statistics-2025-08-08
Having a basic grasp of statistics and finance is especially crucial today, when updates of economic indicators are being weaponized in political battles and many companies are “managing earnings,” sending their stock prices above the levels justified by their actual results. Statistical miscues, even when they’re unintentional, can leave readers ill-equipped in our data-driven world.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/how-confuse-people-with-financial-statistics-2025-08-08
Having a basic grasp of statistics and finance is especially crucial today, when updates of economic indicators are being weaponized in political battles and many companies are “managing earnings,” sending their stock prices above the levels justified by their actual results. Statistical miscues, even when they’re unintentional, can leave readers ill-equipped in our data-driven world.