(US) Economic Reality Check

[NJ5]

Rath said:
@NJ5. I already did note that (see just below the graph) although consumer confidence has also rocketed up which is another indicator of recovery. Also I truly believe I am not exaggerating the inflation issue the worst offender is 2500% out at one point, most of them are at least 1000% out at the earliest point. It's just awful statistics.

Let me put it this way. The first four graphs show a horrible situation in government finances (even accounting for inflation, as I have shown before).

The other graphs show that consumption, exports and imports are crap as well, even if you account for inflation.

Now go ahead and say "awful statistics" again, but that doesn't change the fact that the graphs are valid and portray an accurate (but grim) reality. As Sqrl said, inflation does mitigate some of the observations you might make from the graph, but not all of them, and not the most important ones that I've referenced above.