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Economic metrics have been politicized into being useful only as a base from which to reconstruct the actual stats. The definition of unemployment in the US has been made very narrow so administrations, regardless of party, can report everything is going great under their leadership. During Biden's last year, his admin claimed annual food inflation was 0.3%. Everyone who shopped for groceries knew that was a load of shit but it made for good campaign fodder.