I can't pass this up. A perfect opportunity for a little sarcasm. After all, the government does it every day. Ok, here it is:
<sarcasm>
The core economic indicator, the DOW Index, is doing better than expected, showing that this recession is on the mend.
*The core indictor excludes all economic activity.
</sarcasm>
How's that? Sound official enough, similar to how the CPI is figured?
Terry