Problems with interpreting the unemployment rate as a measure of labour market tightness include
A) biases in the CPI and dissatisfied workers.
B) dissatisfied workers and discouraged workers.
C) discouraged workers and variations in how intensively the unemployed search for work.
D) variations in how intensively the unemployed search for work and biases in the CPI.
E) the rental vacancy rate.

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The unemployment rate does not take into account discouraged workers who have given up looking for work, and variations in how intensively the unemployed search for work. As a result, the unemployment rate may not accurately reflect the true level of labour market tightness. Biases in the CPI and dissatisfied workers are not directly related to the unemployment rate as a measure of labour market tightness. The rental vacancy rate is also not directly related to the unemployment rate as a measure of labour market tightness.

Problems with Interpreting the Unemployment Rate as a Measure of Labour