Please use your own experiences to answer the following questions and address the following topics. In your contribution to this week's Discussion Board, you will discuss how you are affected by unemployment, one of the country's biggest macroeconomic policy concerns. Address both of the following in your discussion:

1. Explain an experience that someone you know, including yourself, had with unemployment. Think about the reason for the unemployment, and how long it lasted. Did you or your acquaintance take a part-time job or a job for which they were overqualified to ensure they would have an income?

2. Over the last 7 years, the national unemployment rate has dropped steadily. How has that affected you?