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

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Discouraged workers are those who have stopped looking for work because they believe there are no job opportunities available for them. If they were counted as unemployed, it would increase the number of unemployed individuals in the labor force, which would raise the measured unemployment rate.

Counting Discouraged Workers as Unemployed Would