[khelus]

You are correct. Under trump unemployment and other economic stats are trending in the correct direction for the first time in a long time. However our economic stats have been corrupted for so many years that they do not reflect reality

[Sam Gamgee]

Didn't see you beat me to it ... in quoting shadowstats (though I didn't post the chart).

Obama benefited more than any other President by these shoddy measuring practices. I think how the author of these stats explains it, there is actually a perversity in the way the stats are calculated that as the number (the real number) gets into the 20s, it actually goes lower on the official stats.

I don't live in the US, but I think a lot if not most people knew in their heart these numbers were bogus.