not to mention the vast majority of jobs that do are being created are government funded.
that that the employment/inflation figures should be taken seriously, same goes for here in australia.
end of the day the keynesians believe the economy is all about perception, so why wouldn't part of central economic planning be managing the perception of the population by adjusting inflation/unemployment figures, its not like they are hiding how the adjustments are made.. just that everyone seems to wonder where is inflation because CPI is at 2% or something ridiculous.
I honestly can't believe people take the press/government seriously these days, completely hopeless.. oh well, at least we can bet on it :)