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Time Series Analysis Branch
Measuring the level/change of economic & social phenomena over time

TSAB is the centre of expertise supporting all aspects of time series: interpolation, estimation, adjustment, forecasting, and revisions. The main focus is removing seasonal and calendar effects from time series to aid interpretation - known as seasonal adjustment.

TSAB conducts a specialist annual review of each seasonally adjusted ONS output, providing peace of mind that methods are up-to-date. Here is TSABs unofficial guide to seasonal adjustment in the X-12-ARIMA software.

This page last revised: Tuesday 27 January 2009

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