Including Discouraged Workers in the Calculation of the Unemployment Rate

question 295

Multiple Choice

Including discouraged workers in the calculation of the unemployment rate would

• A) increase the reported rate.
• B) lower the reported rate.
• C) not change the reported rate.
• D) change the reported rate, but in an unpredictable manner.

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