[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

A look to Shadow Stats would offer similar analysis.

The "official" governments' information is become a manipulative tool for said governments -- plural -- to hide their failures.

Browsing Shadow Stats is eye-opening.

[arthurus]

The entire improvement of the labor force since 2021 came from foreign workers,

and with increased government hiring which has provided a large chunk of "increased employment" and has boosted the official GDP numbers ehile actually depressing the actual economy further by the effect of government crowding spending out private investment

[arthurus]

Thanks for the Shadow Stats link. I bookmarked it for periodic reference.