Read the following context and choose the best option to answer the question.
Context: The phone rings far away . I ignore it . I left the radio playing in the other room but I can barely hear it . At a muffled distance from the day 's upsetting political and economic news I feel isolated , alone , silenced .
Question: What may have been the economic news ?
Options: 
A. The number of unemployed was going down .
B. None of the above choices .
C. The wage gap was slowing starting to close .
D. The unemployment rate was going up .


D