Official Unemployment Statistics

Multiple Choice

Official unemployment statistics:

A) may understate unemployment, because individuals receiving unemployment compensation are counted as employed
B) may understate unemployment, because discouraged workers are not counted as unemployed
C) include cyclical and structural unemployment, but not frictional unemployment
D) may overstate unemployment, because workers who are involuntarily working part-time are counted as being employed
E) include cyclical and frictional unemployment, but not structural unemployment