This survey suffers from the same seasonal adjustment issues as the Household Survey except that BLS reports the current number (141, 000 SA for September) and the revised data from the immediate past two months.

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The biggest issue with the Household Survey is the seasonal adjustment (SA) process itself.

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Earlier this year, a survey of economists saw full-year economic growth forecasts around 3.3 percent (after an adjustment for inflation) for 2011.

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