Steve's barking at economic statistics vs reality

 I keep hearing (actually reading and watching business news on cable) about turn around in x country and in y country for the better.
I heard about the Brazilian miracle before they raised the bus fare and the rioting started showing the world that how good the statistical the Brazilian economy hadn't reached the average Brazilian on the street.
I keep hearing about countries in the European Union making turn around (counties like Greece, Portugal, Spain and Irland) except those counties statistics forgot to tell those youths who are unemployed and the average citizen of those countries that can't make ends meet.
What about how great Germany is after all the unemployment is the lowest of the low. What makes me think that the majority of the German citizens arent too happy even though poles don't show it. Is it because the ruling party didn't get a clear cut majority? Maybe I'm getting the vibe that pensioners aren't very happy with their pension and too many of the workers are not happy with their pay (maybe that's why the German government insists on dracanion mesures for the rest of Europe). I don't know why I feel this way statistics aren't telling me this but the government of Germany is.