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MIb Doar OP lal OU PF iUpis’ 10,00 Un R Joni trom the bconomist Y/ii/o3 ee j 824 A month ago, a note in The Woonswist queried wiethar the Ministry of La doing anything to strengthen its monthly bashes at guessing employment trends, It would seem not, <imployment statistics for September, issued this weel:, analyse the figures according to industry but carefully avoid any compar— ison with a year ago. Wo- wonders; the annual overhaul of these statistics, from the yoarly count of insurance cards, is now taking place and preliminary results, the Ministry reports, “indicate that the total mumber in civil employmont at mid-1963 and for the subsequent months was about 0.7% greater than the published provisional estimates," This means that about 170,000 people, a whole townful. have been lost, Instead of there being about 150,000 fewer people at work this summer than a year ago, there were probably just as many at work or possibly even more, This nakes nonsstise of calculations of productivity trends. The llinistry believes that the the "broad picture" of changes in employment during recent months will not be affected by the revision, full details of which have yet to appear, According to the latest estimates, employment in September wont up rather than less than is usual seasonally, Tut who could have any faith in this supposed trend,