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-- also could turn out to be the most confusing.
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 On the surface, the overall unemployment rate is expected to be little changed from September's 5.3%.
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 But the actual head count of non-farm employment payroll jobs is likely to be muddied by the impact of Hurricane Hugo, strikes, and less-than-perfect seasonal adjustments,
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 economists said.
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 The consensus view calls for an overall job gain of 155,000
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 compared with September's 209,000 increase.
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 But the important factory-jobs segment,
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 which last month plunged by 103,000 positions
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 and raised recession fears,
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 is most likely to be skewed by the month's unusual events.
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 Several other reports come before Friday's jobs data,
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 including: the September leading indicators index, new-home sales and October agricultural prices reports due out tomorrow; the October purchasing managers' index and September construction spending and manufacturers' orders on Wednesday; and October chain-store sales on Thursday.
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 Friday brings the final count on October auto sales.
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 The employment report is going to be difficult to interpret, 
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said Michael Englund, economist with MMS International, a unit of McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.
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 Mr. Englund added 
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that next month's data isn't likely to be much better,
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 because it will be distorted by San Francisco's earthquake.
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 What's more,
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 he believes 
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seasonal swings in the auto industry this year aren't occurring at the same time as in the past,
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 because of production and pricing differences
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 that are curbing the accuracy of seasonal adjustments 
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built into the employment data.
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 Wednesday's report from the purchasing agents will be watched 
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to see if the index maintains a level below 50%,
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 as it has for the past couple of months.
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 A reading of less than 50% indicates an economy 
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that is generally contracting 
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while a reading above 50% indicates an economy
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 that's expanding.
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 Samuel D. Kahan, chief financial economist at Kleinwort Benson Government Securities Inc., Chicago, said
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 that the purchasers' report is valuable 
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because it often presents the first inkling of economic data for the month.
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 But he added:
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 Some people use the purchasers' index as a leading indicator,
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 some use it as a coincident indicator.
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 But the thing 
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it's supposed to measure 
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-- manufacturing strength --
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 it missed altogether last month.
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 David Wyss, chief financial economist at Data Resources Inc., Boston, said
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 that the purchasers' index does miss occasionally,
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 adding:
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 When it misses one month
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 it tends to miss the next month, too.
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 The consensus view on September leading indicators calls for a gain of 0.3%, the same as in August.
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 Economists said 
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greatly increased consumer optimism, a larger money supply and higher stock prices helped lift the index.
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 All orders-related components, such as consumer-goods orders and building permits, are thought to have been weaker.
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 Data Resources' Mr. Wyss added 
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that he will be keeping a closer eye than ususal on October chain-store sales.
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 Usually, October isn't a very interesting month {for retail figures}
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 because school clothes have been bought
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 and people are waiting for December 
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to buy Christmas presents,
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 he said.
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 But Mr. Wyss said 
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he will watch the numbers
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 to get an inkling 
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of whether consumers' general buying habits may slack off as much
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 as their auto-buying apparently has.
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that higher gasoline prices will help buoy the October totals.
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 Seasonal factors are also expected to have taken their toll on September new-home sales,
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 which are believed to have fallen sharply from August's 755,000 units.
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 Construction spending is believed to have slipped about 0.5% from August levels,
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 although economists noted 
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the rate probably will pick up in the months ahead in response to hurricane and earthquake damage.
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