We're always going to be told nice, polite, "modified" information, but the truth about the economy has been kept secret for years. The national debt clock is telling us it's 11 trillion, but it's much worse when true accounting principles are used to calculate the national debt.
The Wall Street market is simply "window dressing" (there really can be no recovery). If Obama simply divided 5 trillion between the state governors, "We the people" (main street) would have no problems and the economy would recover, but the government wants to appease the corporate gods instead.