festus@lemmy.catoWorld News@lemmy.world•Air Canada prepares to shut down as talks with pilots union near deadlockEnglish
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2 months agoBecause percent change uses the previous value in the denominator, which here was negative. (2.33- -0.5)/(-0.5) = about -5.66, or -566%. What number do you think would make more sense?
Yeah I’ll agree that on its own it’s not a good measure because of situations like this.