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Seasonal adjustment review of the claimant count series
Explains revisions to the seasonally adjusted claimant count arising from this year's seasonal adjustment review.
ONS has conducted its annual review of seasonal adjustment of the monthly Jobseeker's Allowance claimant count series and made subsequent revisions. Modifications have been made to model settings in majority of the series, and to the Easter priors. The series have been revised back three years in the light of these amendments and the routine updating of the seasonal factors. The revisions to the series are generally small.
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