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Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
Consumer Sentiment Suggests a 2022 Recession
In recent months, business websites have speculated about recessions and stagflation in 2022.
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How to Smooth Monthly Trends with Centered Moving Averages
I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about the expected increase of electric vehicles in the US. That made me wonder...
How to Set Up Multiple Conditional Formats with Formulas
In How to Set Up a Square-Format U.S. Map in Excel, I showed how to create a square-format US map in Excel. I also...
How to Set Up a Square-Format U.S. Map in Excel
For several years, the Wall Street Journal has occasionally used a square-format US map like the following image. But when I noticed a recent...
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How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
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