Although economists on average expect growth of 0.1 percent on the quarter, they warn it would take the smallest statistical variation to put the figure in negative territory.

NPR: UK In Dark Mood As New Recession May Be Confirmed

While inclusion of a Figure 4 is not essential for the purpose of illuminating the statistical flaws in the Douglass et al. "consistency test", such a Figure would clearly show the (currently large) structural uncertainties in radiosonde-based estimates of the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature changes.

WSJ: Climate Emails: Science and Candor

One Friday in March the market reached a new high when the previous months unemployment figure was revised downward by 0.1%, a statistical irrelevancy.

FORBES: Time to buy some also-rans

Greece's debt figure shot up by 7.8% of GDP in 2010 when Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency, reclassified bus, railway and other public companies in the government accounts.

ECONOMIST: Government accounting

At present, it is trying to sort through the economic data to figure out how much of the recent weakening in America's economy is real, rather than a statistical fluke.

ECONOMIST: The Federal Reserve extends Operation Twist