When You Include Discouraged Workers and Unemployed Workers in Calculations

Multiple Choice

When you include discouraged workers and unemployed workers in calculations of the unemployment rate

A) the difference between this alternate measure and the official unemployment rate increases significantly during recessions.
B) the difference between this alternate measure and the official unemployment rate increases significantly during economic expansions.
C) this alternate measure is much lower than the official unemployment rate.
D) this alternate measure is the same as the official unemployment rate.
E) this alternate measure is not useful in studying the macroeconomy.