seasonal adjustment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.