The government's incentive to lie (regardless of which party is in power) is because if you upset consumer confidence (https://www.conference-board.org/topics/c

The government's incentive to lie (regardless of which party is in power) is because if you upset consumer confidence (https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence) it will spook consumers into spending less...risking a recession...which will be...blamed on the government.