Counting discouraged searchers as unemployed would
A)not change the measured unemployment rate.
B)raise the measured unemployment rate.
C)raise the natural unemployment rate.
D)raise the full employment rate.
E)lower the measured unemployment rate.

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Discouraged searchers are not considered part of the labor force, so they are not included in the unemployment rate. If they were counted as unemployed, it would raise the measured unemployment rate.

Counting Discouraged Searchers as Unemployed Would