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To: mountainlion

Civilian Labor force
Table A-1
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm

Not Seasonally Adjusted
155,255 - 155,075 = -180,000
Now apply the magic of seasonal adjustment and
-180,000 ==> + 418.000

Participation rat
Not seasonally adjusted
63.7 - 63.6 = -0.1
Now apply the magic of seasonal adjustment and
-0.1 ==> +0.1


176 posted on 10/05/2012 7:16:55 AM PDT by khelus
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To: khelus; All

OOPS

Forgot some zeroes and one piece of info:

Table A-1
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm

Civilian Labor force
Not Seasonally Adjusted
155,255,000 - 155,075,000 = -180,000
Now apply the magic of seasonal adjustment
-180,000 becomes + 418.000

Participation rate
Not seasonally adjusted
63.7 - 63.6 = -0.1
Now apply the magic of seasonal adjustment
-0.1 becomes +0.1

Employed
Not Seasonally adjusted
143,333,000 - 140,107,000 = -3,226
Now apply the magic of seasonal adjustment
-3,226 becomes +873,000


180 posted on 10/05/2012 7:40:10 AM PDT by khelus
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