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Since cost-of-living adjustments are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, a 2.7% COLA for the upcoming year would come in just a hair above the two-decade average.
Each standard deviation represents a fixed percentile. Thus, rounding to two decimal places, −3σ is the 0.13th percentile, −2σ the 2.28th percentile, −1σ the 15.87th percentile, 0σ the 50th percentile (both the mean and median of the distribution), +1σ the 84.13th percentile, +2σ the 97.72nd percentile, and +3σ the 99
The year-over-year percentage increase in average third-quarter CPI-W readings, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, represents the COLA passed along to beneficiaries. ... (the highest on a ...
The year-over-year percentage increase in average third-quarter CPI-W, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, represents the COLA for the upcoming year. ... and a 3.2% increase in 2024.
For an approximately normal data set, the values within one standard deviation of the mean account for about 68% of the set; while within two standard deviations account for about 95%; and within three standard deviations account for about 99.7%.
In game theory, "guess 2 / 3 of the average" is a game where players simultaneously select a real number between 0 and 100, inclusive. The winner of the game is the player(s) who select a number closest to 2 / 3 of the average of numbers chosen by all players.
If the current-year average is higher, the percentage increase (rounded to the nearest tenth of 1%) will be the COLA for the next year. It's possible, though, that the average CPI-W for the third ...
2 0 2 11 Associate Justice: Clarence Thomas: George H. W. Bush: October 15, 1991 79.4% 54/68 7 11 0 6 24 Associate Justice: Stephen Breyer: Bill Clinton: August 3, 1994 75% 51/68 6 1 1 7 15 Associate Justice: Samuel Alito: George W. Bush: January 31, 2006 82.1% 55/67 6 8 1 4 19 Associate Justice: Sonia Sotomayor: Barack Obama: August 6, 2009 67 ...