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2. The numbers are seasonally adjusted

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:13 PM

Dec 5

https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

So regular seasonal patterns have been adjusted for. Albeit anything unusual about the season (way warmer or colder or snowier than normal etc.) are not adjusted for, and the seasonal adjustment is not an exact science for that and other reasons.

Scroll down to see the graph of unadjusted claims

and then tables with both

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I don't understand the employment data [View all] question everything Dec 5 OP

This is end of year hiring for large corporations bucolic_frolic Dec 5 #1

The numbers are seasonally adjusted progree Dec 5 #2

I don't believe government statistics bucolic_frolic Dec 6 #6

Are they accounting for mercuryblues Dec 5 #3

The numbers are seasonally adjusted (see #2 above). And they are uninsurance claims, i.e. layoffs, not net job changes progree Dec 5 #4

I don't know either. You know the usual explanation: Krasnov Krasnov! progree Dec 5 #5