So they basically said "doesn't count if there is jobs growth". As long as you can keep creating 10 precarious gig worker jobs for every 9 full time jobs that are eliminated then the economy is doing great!

Remeber when the US economy collapsed in 2007 and ever since then it's been propped up by speculation, free money, zomvie companies that cannot and will never turn a profit, bailouts, and outright fraud, all while the living conditions of the people continue to decay and live expectancy plummets?

And a year later when Germany experiences similarly minor shrinking and the US Press is like RECESSION