You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. Today, we’re focusing on the effects of Hurricane Harvey (now a tropical storm). 3 miles per hour Tropical Storm Harvey is very slowly creeping back toward the Gulf of Mexico. But it was moving at only three miles per hour as […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 0 Number of U.S. counties with zero insurers offering coverage in 2018 on the insurance marketplaces set up under the Affordable Care Act. CareSource decided to cover the sole remaining county in Ohio without an insurance plan available through the marketplace. […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 9.4 percent Decline in sales of new homes in July compared to June. The drop, an 8.9 percent fall compared to a year ago, was a surprise — economists were anticipating a small gain. New housing inventory is at its highest […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1.5 percent The King of Saudi Arabia vacationed in Morocco and the trip cost around $100 million. This is an immense figure, even in the context of a national economy: It’ll end up being around 1.5 of the entire 2017 foreign […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 9 percent Rating are way up in 2017 for feel-good television network Hallmark Channel, with viewership up 9 percent so far this year. This doesn’t even factor in the huge Christmas bump for the cable channel, which in the holiday season […]