Question 14 2. 5 pts Using a broader measure of the unemployment rate where discouraged workers and part-time workers who wished to work full time were counted as unemployed, the BLS estimates the unemployment rate in April 2017 would have compared to the measured unemployment rate. barely changed decreased by less than 1 percentage point increased by more than 7 percentage points almost doubled
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