As is the standard practice, the Labour Force Survey seasonally-adjusted estimates for the previous three years have been revised using the latest seasonal factors.
Part of this revision was to review seasonal adjustment methods introduced to account for shocks to the labour market during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The review indicated that seasonal patterns in the most recent two years (2022 and 2023) are returning to pre-pandemic patterns and therefore these seasonal adjustment parameters were revised accordingly.
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