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Seasonal adjustment of Labour Force Survey time series with the TRAMO/SEATS method

A new seasonal adjustment method was introduced in the Labour Force Survey on 19 June 2007. The new method is the TRAMO/SEATS method applied with Demetra software as recommended by Eurostat. The method used prior to this was X11-Arima.

The changeover to the new seasonal adjustment method will not affect the interpretation and use of seasonally adjusted series from the Labour Force Survey. The results obtained with the TRAMO/SEATS method will not essentially deviate from those obtained with the previously used X11-ARIMA method. Trend will continue to be the reported result from the seasonal adjustment.


Last updated 19.6.2007

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/tyti_2007-06-19_uut_001_en.html