It has gotten to the point that these statistics (which I used to pay attention to) now mean little to me.
I rely on what I personally see and hear regarding the economy versus some fraudulent statistic.
Zero interest rates and 3.2 %is all they can get -we are fudged
Ping. Unemployment rate has not materially slowed; home repo rate has not slowed; new home construction down, new/existing home sales down and manufacturing bellweathers cooper, silver and electrical demand are down. Add to this soaring debt and cost of government; plus the coming deluge of economy killers like Onadacare, VAT and tax and trade and even some otherwise brain dead dems can see the hand writing on the wall.
This will be life in America until the Marxist presidential usurper is removed from office.