The New York Fed's website claims that it is vaulting 6,331 tonnes of gold for foreign nations. The Fed chairman's refusal to acknowledge the congressman's questions...
On CNN, US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland sounded desperate, trying to make the case for Congress to pass another $61 billion dollars to fuel war.
I think most people intuitively approach government economic data with at least a grain of skepticism. After all, government people have a vested interest in making us think the economy is humming along just fine.