Using a Broader Measure of the Unemployment Rate Where Discouraged

question 118

Multiple Choice

Using a broader measure of the unemployment rate where discouraged workers and part-time workers who wished to work full time were counted as unemployed,the BLS estimates the unemployment rate in September 2011 would have ________ compared to the measured unemployment rate.

• A) increased by more that 7 percentage points
• B) more than doubled
• C) decreased by less than 1 percentage point
• D) barely changed

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