Outrageous - true unemployment i the USA is actually 22%!!! Here though we have jobs that are zero hour contracts. That is, you might work a few hours a week or zero hours. But the government count these jobs in their unemployment figures AS FULLY EMPLOYED.

A long time ago the U.S. government changed the way unemployment and inflation is calculated. As I understand it the current unemployment calculation counts people who have two jobs twice. Meaning that it is the number of people in the available workforce divided by the number of jobs held. When the number comes out to 0.96 then there is 4% unemployment. Thus the people working more than one job helps to bring down the unemployment number.

The inflation number in the U.S. does not count the things we need to survive. It is like it assumes people do not need to eat. It is said inflation is low, even though you can see inflation in the price of groceries.

Yes, it is a scam the way the numbers are calculated. It seems like it is a scam to pacify the population.

Have a great weekend!
Steem on,
Mike