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In July 2019, there were 1.5 million people who were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. These are people who were not in the labor force, although they wanted

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In July 2019, there were 1.5 million people who were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. These are people who were not in the labor force, although they wanted work and were available for it and had looked for jobs at some point in the previous 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. --bls.gov August 7, 2019 What might critics of the unemployment rate say regarding the information above? A) The low numbers of discouraged workers points to an economic expansion and a macroeconomy that is meeting its goals. B) The data from the government on unemployment paints an accurate picture of the true rate of unemployment in this country. C) Decreasing the number of people who count in the labor force can increase the rate of unemployment, skewing data in a negative way. D) The large number of marginally attached and discouraged workers shows the failure to paint a true picture of unemployment in this country.