41. The Bureau of Labor Statistics concedes that its efforts to adjust the figures for seasonality are highly inexact. 42. The December figures are seasonally adjusted. 43. The city has adjusted its figures to reflect the larger numbers of limited-English students who are exempted from the tests this year. 44. The Commerce Department figures are adjusted for recurring seasonal variation, for holidays and for quirks of the calendar but not for price changes. 45. The figures are adjusted for inflation. 46. The Finance Ministry releases seasonally adjusted figures for overall imports and exports. 47. The figure is adjusted for inflation and does not include pharmacy, gas station, and car dealer sales. 48. The figures are adjusted to smooth seasonal variations. 49. The figure is adjusted for inflation and feeds into the quarterly growth report. 50. The figures are adjusted for normal seasonal variations but are subject to wide swings when the weather is unusual. |