Now, From the Same Folks That Brought "You Didn't Build That," Comes: the Real Rate is 8.254%

I can't make this stuff up.

"The household survey showed that the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3% in July (or, more precisely, the rate rose from 8.217% in June to 8.254% in July)," wrote Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Precisely.