statistics
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Sports data analysis has surged since the days of "Moneyball", the hit 2011 film with Brad Pitt that recounts manager Billy Beane's groundbreaking exploitation of player statistics at the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
From Barron's
Consumer prices were unchanged from the prior month, and edged up 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis, the national statistics agency said.
The Swiss are the heaviest rail users in Europe in terms of kilometres travelled per person, but accidents have fallen in recent decades even as use grows, according to government statistics.
From Barron's
Gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in the three months through December, bouncing back from the 0.5% contraction in the third quarter of the year, Switzerland’s statistics office said Monday.
Production in Europe’s largest economy fell more sharply than expected in the final month of the year, hit by a slowdown in car production, Germany’s statistics agency Destatis said earlier this month.
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