[Flick Lives]

Put simply, it's time for the government to come up with a new jobless measure that more accurately depicts what's really going on in the job market today.

They don't need a *new* jobless measure, they need to stick with the formula they used in the past. The government keeps gaming the unemployment and inflation figures to the point where the values they print are meaningless.

[expat_panama]

they need to stick with the formula they used in the past

There's been no change in the unemployment rate number.  That's the problem.