The official unemployment rate isn't the best indicator of actual unemployment because the official rate doesn't include people who have given up looking for work.
A discouraged worker is a member of the labor force who has given up on getting an employment and thus has stopped looking for work. A discouraged worker is not included as part of those who are unemployed and thus is not included in the official unemployment rate.
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