Like so many of the third quarter statistics, this is likely to be subsequently downwardly revised.
Did you see how unemployment numbers were revised downwards for August and September? It's not all bad (although October's unemployment numbers were depressing).
Apparently you are unaware of the distinction between monthly numbers (such as the unemployment rate) and quarterly numbers (such as GDP).
While there have been problems with monthly unemployment numbers (mostly with the summer numbers), the third quarter numbers (such as GDP) have been seriously jiggered (I have posted specifics on other threads in this forum).
So, you are comparing apples to oranges.
