The overall unemployment rate:
A) is the same as the rate for each state.
B) overstates unemployment by including discouraged workers who would like to leave their jobs.
C) is a good measure of unemployment because different regions experience similar unemployment conditions.
D) is a national figure that does not disclose different unemployment conditions experienced in different regions of the country.

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The overall unemployment rate is a national figure that aggregates data from across the country, and as such, it does not reflect the varying unemployment conditions that can exist between different regions or states.

The Overall Unemployment Rate