Minister’s claim that unemployment “halved in two years” — the seasonal adjustment problem
Mostly accurate, but compares a seasonally-adjusted low to an unadjusted high. Like-for-like, the drop is 38% — still large, not half.
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Mostly accurate, but compares a seasonally-adjusted low to an unadjusted high. Like-for-like, the drop is 38% — still large, not half.
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