Unemployment is arguably the most important economic indicator that most people care about, and "realistic" measures of it show that it's just as bad as, if not

Unemployment is arguably the most important economic indicator that most people care about, and "realistic" measures of it show that it's just as bad as, if not worse than, 2009: http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-chart... Official unemployment numbers are so frustrating due to so many exclusions. If GDP is up but all of that growth is going to 0.0001% of Americans, who cares?