Construction employment, which had been surprisingly strong since the beginning of the year, fell by 65,000 after seasonal adjustment.
»The figures are adjusted for seasonal changes.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
seasonal adjustment/change/variation — ► ECONOMICS a change made to figures or other data in order to remove the effect of things that only happen at particular times of year: »Construction employment, which had been surprisingly strong since the beginning of the year, fell by 65,000… … Financial and business terms
seasonal change — seasonal adjustment/change/variation ► ECONOMICS a change made to figures or other data in order to remove the effect of things that only happen at particular times of year: »Construction employment, which had been surprisingly strong since the… … Financial and business terms
seasonal — sea‧son‧al [ˈsiːznəl] adjective 1. seasonal adjustment/ change/variation etc COMMERCE adjustments you make or changes that happen because of the situation during a particular period of the year, that is not typical of the rest of the year: •… … Financial and business terms
variation — var‧i‧a‧tion [ˌveəriˈeɪʆn ǁ ˌver ] noun [countable, uncountable] a difference or change in the normal amount or appearance of something: • Labor figures in both reports are adjusted for seasonal variation (= variation that depends on the time of … Financial and business terms
seasonal variation — seasonal adjustment/change/variation ► ECONOMICS a change made to figures or other data in order to remove the effect of things that only happen at particular times of year: »Construction employment, which had been surprisingly strong since the… … Financial and business terms
Seasonal Adjustment — An adjustment made to certain economic indicators to allow for predictable peaks and troughs caused by seasonal factors. Seasonal adjustment to an economic indicator makes it easier to discern the underlying trend. Adjustment is made by… … Financial and business terms
variation — variational, variative /vair ee ay tiv/, adj. variationally, variatively, adv. /vair ee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation. 2. an instance of this: There… … Universalium
Seasonal year — The seasonal year is the time between successive recurrences of a seasonal event such as the flooding of a river, the migration of a species of bird, or the flowering of a species of plant.The need for farmers to predict seasonal events led to… … Wikipedia
seasonal — adj. Seasonal is used with these nouns: ↑change, ↑cycle, ↑decline, ↑decoration, ↑demand, ↑employee, ↑employment, ↑festivities, ↑flow, ↑flower, ↑fluctuation, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
climate change — Introduction periodic modification of Earth s climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth … Universalium
