Sentence examples for official measures from inspiring English sources

Recently, though, three social scientists pounced on a single 100-year period to quantify American trends that emerged during what they declare to be "the first measured century" -- the 20th, which by official measures ends tonight.

According to official measures, the United States is a big net debtor.

Foreign-exchange reserves are dwindling and even official measures put annual inflation at almost 40%.

China's inflation is running 5 percent at the consumer level, according to official measures.

In response, the government printed bolívares, pushing inflation (even on official measures) over 60%.

Such considerations suggest that the official measures understate the extent of poverty, but the opposite argument can also be made.

So too is the official measure of average earnings.

But the official measure provides only a blurry picture.

That meant the official measure of absolute poverty understated the figure by 0.5% – or 300,000.

There are many reasons to be concerned about the official measure of work hours.

The official measure of financing, he argues, is marred by double counting.