What was/is the GDP number released/predicted and why is the number growing or contracting? What is a revision to GDP and why does it occur? What do revised numbers say about the health of the economy? As for unemployment, what has been the trend over the last several months regarding "weekly jobless claims"? What might this trend say about the health of the economy going forward? Finally, explain why certain information, while, perhaps, pertinent, to the economy, isn't accounted for in GDP