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4. We probably would not hear it if the new method resulted in higher numbers?

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 04:40 PM

Sep 2020

We probably would not hear it if the new method resulted in higher numbers?

The old method would have been just fine.

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Unemployment claims figures could be much lower because of new seasonal adjustment approach [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 OP

Seasonal adjustments are based on previous statistics... Lucky Luciano Sep 2020 #1

Thank you for the explanation. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #2