Those reports won't mean anything anyway. Because while I agree that the economy will be a determining factor in the 2012 election, I think people will judge the economy for themselves by the size of their own bank accounts, not by what's being reported in the papers.
If there is a visible pattern of unemployment going down and the economy generally improving, at worst you only need a half-truth to successfully spin an idea into people's heads.
(Or in other words, if your opponents have to argue with "Yes, But...", you generally tend to win that point when they're working from the defensive and conceding.)
