seasonal adjustment

But that was more a matter of seasonal adjustments than reality.

If seasonal adjustments are so prone to problems, why use them at all?

Before seasonal adjustment, the gain was an even larger 839,000 jobs.

Without seasonal adjustment, the index rose 1 percent last month.

But the seasonal adjustments assume that this year is no different from any other.

The increase was even higher, 3.7 percent, before seasonal adjustment factors were applied.

Today's report showed that with no seasonal adjustment, the actual number of people at work fell 1.2 million last month.

Before seasonal adjustment, this survey showed a gain of 600,000 jobs.

Add in seasonal adjustments that probably are flawed, and the numbers could mean anything.

Without the seasonal adjustment related to the new model year, prices would have risen 7.5 percent.

The seasonal adjustments assume that as the weather gets better, more people find jobs.

How those seasonal adjustments might have affected the behavior of early man is unknown.

The actual number of starts last month, without seasonal adjustment, was 110,000, down 500 from August.

But the actual numbers - before seasonal adjustment - show a 7 percent decline.

Before seasonal adjustment, passenger car prices climbed 5 percent for the month.

But they had trouble with the more than 1 percent increase, after seasonal adjustment, in the price of passenger cars.

The old seasonal adjustment factors, meanwhile, are modified only over a period of several years.

However, the figures without seasonal adjustment are misleading and very rarely used.

Before seasonal adjustment, the job gain was 1,345,000, the household survey showed.

Before seasonal adjustment, the number of new homes completed in August was estimated at 140,900.

Without seasonal adjustment, nationwide starts were 104,100 last month, about twice the January low of 52,500.

Last year's rate in mid-May, using different seasonal adjustment factors, was 6.2 million.

Without seasonal adjustment, builders started 131,600 homes last month, 5.5 percent below the August level, the report also showed.

After seasonal adjustment, apparel rose at four times the rate of the overall index, or 2 percent.