Hi Mr C
You are correct in every respect, all the GDP , unemployment and other stats are manipulated by economists and government to make the economy look better than it actually is. Real unemployment around 22% as per shadowstats.com.
A more sobering assessment of current status of US economy by Daniel Localle at https://www.macrovoices.com/474-daniel-lacalle-synchronized-global-growth-was-always-a-false-narrative
Worth listening to.
Courtesy of shadowstats.com