Using a Broader Measure of the Unemployment Rate Where Discouraged

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 April 2017 would have ________ compared to the measured unemployment rate.

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