Why Does the Government Measure Unemployment Through the Current Population

Multiple Choice

Why does the government measure unemployment through the Current Population
Survey?

A) The government needs to know how many people will apply for unemployment compensation benefits.
B) The government needs to know how many people should pay income tax.
C) Private employers do not care about unemployment, and so no private-sector firm would collect unemployment data.
D) The level of unemployment is an indicator of the overall health of the economy.
E) Unemployment is too rare an event to be measured by the census.