I think one of the issues is that many of these metrics don’t align with our reality. An example that appears to be wholly overlooked by the supposedly astronomically high employment is a lack of blue collar skilled workers. I’ve been trying for more than a year to schedule an appointment with a contractor to evaluate my roof for replacement because it started leaking. The waiting list is astronomical, and when I asked about why that is they said they cannot find anyone to do the work. Somehow I have to feeling that the statistics are not reflecting reality, because numbers in aggregate rarely demonstrate the root cause of a problem.