The second quarter represented one of the worst periods for bank earnings since 1991, according to the FDIC, which issued its statistics as part of a second-quarter banking report.
It is hard to track statistics for a part of the economy so informal and atomised.
But these military statistics tell only a part of the story.
The study was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, which as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly uses telephone surveys as a source of information about public health trends.
These two statistics have different profiles in part because the US is not a closed economy.
Anderson, a senior editor in our statistics department, has been part of this project since its founding.
The short answer is that no one can know for certain because statistics only tell a small part of the story.
For perspective, although they are only part of the calculus, here are some statistics from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Statistics bear this out: a large part of America's growth in the past year did indeed come from more people working, as well as working harder.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the majority of foodservice professionals work part-time.
It says if Argentina does not improve the quality of the statistics before late September, it will be excluded from taking part in IMF decisions later this year.
Thanks in part to the all out assault on the record books, grossly inflated statistics, guilty admissions, drug testing and the Mitchell Report, the criteria for a Hall of Famer has been in a state of flux.
As part of its CompStat system, it combined mapping and the analysis of crime statistics to target "hot spots" by concentrating patrol, detective and narcotics units.
He wants to create awareness of what problems technology can solve in the world of sports (besides standard business stuff like a statistics platform or a human resource system, both of which are part of the 49ers deal).
Full-time employment jumped by 17, 800 and part-time employment was up by 53, 700, said the Bureau of Statistics.
BBC: Australia adds 71,500 jobs, the biggest jump since 2000
However we're not quite sure how to deal with injustice as a community when the perpetrators look like us -- and that is troubling, because when you look at the statistics, it seems the survival of the black community depends more on figuring that part out than dealing with the George Zimmermans of the world.
Statistics released recently by the Higher Education Funding Council for England show that since 2010, across England, part-time undergraduate numbers have fallen by 40%, while part-time postgraduate numbers fell 27%.
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