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To: laura_bush who wrote (435388)	7/29/2003 3:14:52 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

When I did a search, I saw several articles on seasonal adjustments to consumer confidence. If you are too lazy to go look, that's not my problem. Here is one excerpt: (3) The consumer confidence index (seasonally unadjusted figure) is then calculated by simply averaging the five consumer perception indexes (seasonally unadjusted figures). (4) As both the consumer perception index and consumer confidence index are subject to seasonal adjustment, simple averaging of the seasonally-adjusted figure for consumer perception will not give the seasonally-adjusted figure for consumer confidence.