The unemployment stats are so cooked for political purposes that they really mean nothing.
The primary stats you should look at are total federal tax revenues (which has been increasing of late) and the M1 versus M2 money supply. Both M1 and M2 have both been increasing over the past couple of years, but M1 is growing hugely as compared to M2.
“The unemployment stats are so cooked for political purposes that they really mean nothing.”
That’s true, but this depression is so widespread & systemic that there is no way to hide the truth. Lying about the economy doesn’t make it so; Obama’s screwed. He was elected by people without hope; now they know he can (or will) do nothing for them.