1.   A case has to be made, therefore, for seasonally adjusting the monthly figures and for excluding school-leavers.

2.   The announcement of the Westcott redundancies came as monthly figures were released showing unemployment coming down across the region.

3.   Comment on the seasonal fluctuation and any anomalous monthly figures.

4.   Although automakers release monthly figures for sales by their dealerships, the automakers book sales for quarterly earnings purposes when they ship vehicles to dealerships.

5.   But most retail executives and analysts agreed that despite some signs of strength, the monthly figures did not point to a genuine recovery in consumer spending.

6.   But most retail executives and analysts agreed that despite some signs of strength, the monthly figures do not point to a genuine recovery in consumer spending.

7.   Employment, the most influential of the monthly figures, stopped its growth cycle in March and has fallen substantially since then.

8.   Following a pattern seen for much of the year, retailers reported mixed results for monthly sales figures.

9.   Ford is the last big automaker to release its monthly sales figures.

10.   Hence, the monthly figures recorded for the rest of the year will be much higher.