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China's central bank, which makes its own estimates of seasonally adjusted growth rates, also seems to agree with private-sector economists.

Although the data are not seasonally adjusted, Mr Varian said that prices rose during the same period a year ago.

The seasonally adjusted data series is subject to routine revision when more up-to-date figures become available.

Sales of single-family homes and condominiums declined 6. 8% from a year earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4. 6 million units.

Slightly better was the seasonally adjusted employment cost index of wages and salaries, which covers all civilian workers.

Since the U. S. officially entered recession in December 2007, 6. 9 million jobs have been lost, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The pace of home sales rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 384, 000 a year, the highest level since November.

Down just 4% from a year ago and up a seasonally adjusted 8. 3% since August, they are approaching precrisis levels.

Unemployment continued to rise in June, reaching a seasonally adjusted rate of 5. 4% in April-June, up from 5. 3% in March-May.

rate, including food and energy, rose by a seasonally adjusted 0. 2% in May from April (or by 3. 6% from a year earlier).

Seasonally-adjusted, month-on-month consumer prices are likely to rise for the fourth consecutive month in June.

August exports fell 23. 4 per cent from a year ago, though shipments rose to a seasonally adjusted 3. 4 per cent from July.

The U. S. Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) recently recovered to slightly above 12 million in the months of July and August.

House price indices are presented in seasonally adjusted form by researchers, and reported that way by the media. That makes some sense.

These numbers are not strictly comparable: Japan's data have been seasonally adjusted while those for China have not.

Although exports and imports fell, economists said they had stabilised and were flat on a monthly, seasonally-adjusted basis.

China's GDP, which expanded by 13% in 2007, scarcely grew at all in the last quarter of 2008 on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Sales of previously occupied homes fell in June for a third straight month to a seasonally adjusted 4. 77 million.

Clearly, there's not much consensus on what the seasonally-adjusted quarterly figure for China was, and for good reason.

The mortgage applications index continues to give erratic readings, jumping 32 percent from last week's seasonally adjusted measure.

Consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0. 1% from the previous month and 2. 3% from a year earlier.

The data are seasonally adjusted and a reading above 50 indicates an expansion.

Sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 429, 000, largely because home sales increased the West.

Seasonally adjusted imports in April rose 27. 4 per cent from a year earlier and 7. 4 per cent from the previous month.

Compared with the third quarter, on a seasonally adjusted annualised basis, output probably contracted.

Seasonally adjusted, the median duration of unemployment rose to 25 weeks, adding to fears that European sclerosis might infect the US.

The seasonally adjusted average change in employment per firm has been negative in every month since January 2008, the group said.

Inflation numbers are often seasonally adjusted in order to differentiate expected cyclical cost shifts.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, light-vehicle sales in September were the lowest since 1992, according to Autodata Corp, a research firm.

They rose by a seasonally adjusted 6. 4% in June, according to Mr. Moran, suggesting nonpetroleum imports edged higher as well.

China's statistics agency has also said it will start publishing such seasonally-adjusted growth figures this year, but has not yet done so.

The group's net employment outlook rose to a seasonally adjusted 9%, from 7% in the current quarter.

Restaurants rose a seasonally adjusted 0. 3% from July -- not an impressive number but the category's largest increase in six months.

On a seasonally adjusted net basis, lending contracted by 671 million pounds in August, after falling 594 million pounds in July.

New claims for unemployment benefits were a seasonally adjusted 434, 000 last week, compared with a high of 674, 000 in late March.

Figures are compiled based on the seasonally adjusted figures unless otherwise specified.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, however, the index rose 0. 7 percent, its first advance in eight months, the report said.

On seasonally adjusted data, only 1 of the 20 cities surveyed enjoyed an increase in prices in August.

During the first three months of 2010, the economy grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3. 2%.

And in seasonally adjusted terms, China's consumer price index has been rising since March, according to estimates by private economists.

On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, exports slid 0. 3 per cent in May, after having risen in both March and April.

They forecast growth rising more than 2% on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis in the first half of 2010.

Nobody pays a seasonally-adjusted price.

The economy grew 11. 3 per cent from the fourth quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis, Goldman Sachs said.

Seasonally adjusted autos and light truck assemblies rose to an annualized rate of 7. 84 million, compared to 7. 75 million in August.

Housing starts are expected to rise in April to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 650, 000 units from 626, 000 in March.

But in seasonally adjusted, quarter-on-quarter terms, the economy grew by 2. 3%.

The Labor Department said weekly claims for jobless benefits jumped by 37, 000 to a seasonally adjusted 464, 000.

Analysts had forecast a seasonally adjusted reading of 61. 2 and an unadjusted reading of 65.

According to Goldman Sachs, exports rose 61. 8 per cent in February on a month-on-month, seasonally adjusted basis.

In its monthly report, the Federal Labour Agency said seasonally-adjusted unemployment had dropped by 78, 000 to 3. 4m.

Personal income rose a seasonally adjusted 0. 5% in April from March.

Seasonally adjusted retail sales fell by 0. 4 per cent in December, according to the commerce department.

A seasonally-adjusted inflation expectation index dropped 0. 6 percentage point to 70. 7 percent, the central bank said.

Seasonally adjusted construction spending increased by 0. 8% in April after rising by 0. 4% in March.

Initial jobless claims fell by 29, 000 to a seasonally adjusted 429, 000, the lowest level since August 2008.

Sales of motor vehicles, clothing and furniture rose a seasonally adjusted 6. 7%, 2. 3% and 1. 5%, respectively.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May reached 7. 4 percent, up from 6. 9 percent in April and the highest in three decades.

The economy also expanded by 0. 6 per cent on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to the same period last year.

Luxury pick-up trucks and SUVs now account for 12-13% of car sales (seasonally adjusted) compared with 18% last year, they point out.

Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts