A country’s economy is a complex matter which consists of solid interlinkages between its elements that sometimes have apparent contradictions. One of such is an issue with unemployment when it exists even when the economy is at «full employment». Moreover, the methods of governmental control are sometimes harmful to the economy when overused or used improperly. Also, the traditional measures in economics such as CPI and GDP are often misunderstood. In fact, using CPI as an ultimate measurement for inflation rate might be biased, and GDP cannot serve as a definitive indicator of living standards. This paper will attempt to explain and resolve the listed issues using theoretical and practical knowledge about U.S. economics in order to acknowledge what causes them and if there are any gaps in the system. One of the sharpest problems today is global unemployment and its assessment. A discrepancy often exists between employment rates and the actual percentage of the adult population who have jobs. According to the theory of economics, unemployment is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed people by the number of people who form the overall labor force. The labor force is created by people who are of proper age and physical abilities to work and are not occupied by other services (PBS News, 2010). However, the definition of unemployed is somewhat complicated since only people who have been searching for a job within the last four weeks are counted as unemployed in the U.S. (PBS News, 2010). This limit creates a critical gap in the calculations. Considering all the mentioned concepts, a person who has no job but has paused his search for more than four weeks (due to discouragement or other reasons) is now categorized as a marginally attached worker (PBS News, 2010). This category of citizens is not a part of the unemployment rate equation. Therefore, if all unemployed people stop their job search, it will lead to a zero-unemployment rate but still high costs of unemployment. Although the government will not spend money on unemployment payments for those citizens, there still will be a decrease in goods and services, which leads to lost income – these are the costs of unemployment. As it can be seen, in order to resolve the issue of unemployment in the country and increase revenue, it is essential to consider the category of marginally attached workers. The next issue to observe is the part of the government in the state’s economy. The previous paragraph already mentioned unemployment payments, but there are also such factors as tax revenue and government spending that influence economic stability. First of all, governmental spellings are a part of the GDP (Khan academy, 2012). Funding the military and police forces, health insurance, educational institutions, and other state objectives takes a relatively large amount of money. Therefore, by managing its spending, the government is able to raise the GDP, which influences the state of economics. Secondly, taxes have an important role in the process since they define the size of the state budget and its ability to spend. Taxes depend on the level of employment and the general income of citizens. A way of balancing economics is to rais