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United States Misery Index - How miserable do you feel?

Misery Index (6.95) equals Unemployment rate (4.2) plus Inflation rate (2.75)

Misery Index by Month

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Year	MI	Bar Graph	President
1948-01	13.63		Truman
1948-02	13.10
1948-03	10.85
1948-04	12.58
1948-05	12.63
1948-06	13.15
1948-07	13.51
1948-08	12.79
1948-09	10.32
1948-10	9.79
1948-11	8.56
1948-12	6.99
1949-01	5.57
1949-02	5.98
1949-03	6.71
1949-04	5.72
1949-05	5.68
1949-06	5.37
1949-07	3.83
1949-08	3.94
1949-09	4.15
1949-10	5.03
1949-11	4.75
1949-12	4.53
1950-01	4.42
1950-02	5.14
1950-03	5.46
1950-04	4.54
1950-05	5.08
1950-06	4.98
1950-07	6.69
1950-08	6.60
1950-09	6.49
1950-10	8.00
1950-11	7.98
1950-12	10.23
1951-01	11.79
1951-02	12.76
1951-03	12.72
1951-04	12.42
1951-05	12.28
1951-06	12.02
1951-07	10.57
1951-08	9.68
1951-09	10.27
1951-10	10.00
1951-11	10.38
1951-12	9.10
1952-01	7.53
1952-02	5.43
1952-03	4.84
1952-04	5.23
1952-05	4.93
1952-06	5.32
1952-07	6.29
1952-08	6.49
1952-09	5.40
1952-10	4.91
1952-11	3.94
1952-12	3.45
1953-01	3.28		Eisenhower
1953-02	3.36
1953-03	3.74
1953-04	3.46
1953-05	3.64
1953-06	3.63
1953-07	2.97
1953-08	3.45
1953-09	3.65
1953-10	4.22
1953-11	4.25
1953-12	5.25
1954-01	6.03
1954-02	6.71
1954-03	6.83
1954-04	6.65
1954-05	6.65
1954-06	5.97
1954-07	6.17
1954-08	6.00
1954-09	5.73
1954-10	4.96
1954-11	4.93
1954-12	4.26
1955-01	4.16
1955-02	3.96
1955-03	3.86
1955-04	4.33
1955-05	3.56
1955-06	3.46
1955-07	3.63
1955-08	3.83
1955-09	4.47
1955-10	4.67
1955-11	4.57
1955-12	4.57
1956-01	4.37
1956-02	4.27
1956-03	4.57
1956-04	4.75
1956-05	5.42
1956-06	6.17
1956-07	6.64
1956-08	5.97
1956-09	5.76
1956-10	6.13
1956-11	6.53
1956-12	7.19
1957-01	7.19
1957-02	7.26
1957-03	7.43
1957-04	7.62
1957-05	7.80
1957-06	7.61
1957-07	7.48
1957-08	7.76
1957-09	7.68
1957-10	7.41
1957-11	8.37
1957-12	8.10
1958-01	9.42
1958-02	9.65
1958-03	10.30
1958-04	10.98
1958-05	10.61
1958-06	10.15
1958-07	9.97
1958-08	9.52
1958-09	9.22
1958-10	8.82
1958-11	8.31
1958-12	7.96
1959-01	7.40
1959-02	6.95
1959-03	5.95
1959-04	5.55
1959-05	5.45
1959-06	5.69
1959-07	5.79
1959-08	6.24
1959-09	6.88
1959-10	7.43
1959-11	7.18
1959-12	7.03
1960-01	6.23
1960-02	6.53
1960-03	7.13
1960-04	6.92
1960-05	6.82
1960-06	7.12
1960-07	6.87
1960-08	6.97
1960-09	6.52
1960-10	7.46
1960-11	7.46
1960-12	7.96
1961-01	8.31		Kennedy
1961-02	8.26
1961-03	8.26
1961-04	8.02
1961-05	8.12
1961-06	7.58
1961-07	8.35
1961-08	7.61
1961-09	8.05
1961-10	7.17
1961-11	6.77
1961-12	6.67
1962-01	6.47
1962-02	6.51
1962-03	6.61
1962-04	6.94
1962-05	6.84
1962-06	6.84
1962-07	6.40
1962-08	7.04
1962-09	6.93
1962-10	6.73
1962-11	7.03
1962-12	6.83
1963-01	7.03
1963-02	6.90
1963-03	7.03
1963-04	6.69
1963-05	6.89
1963-06	6.92
1963-07	6.92
1963-08	6.72
1963-09	6.49
1963-10	6.82
1963-11	7.02		Johnson
1963-12	7.14
1964-01	7.24
1964-02	7.04
1964-03	6.71
1964-04	6.61
1964-05	6.41
1964-06	6.51
1964-07	6.20
1964-08	5.98
1964-09	6.40
1964-10	6.07
1964-11	6.10
1964-12	5.97
1965-01	5.87
1965-02	6.07
1965-03	5.99
1965-04	6.42
1965-05	6.22
1965-06	6.54
1965-07	6.01
1965-08	6.34
1965-09	5.91
1965-10	6.13
1965-11	5.70
1965-12	5.92
1966-01	5.92
1966-02	6.36
1966-03	6.36
1966-04	6.67
1966-05	6.77
1966-06	6.33
1966-07	6.65
1966-08	7.28
1966-09	7.18
1966-10	7.49
1966-11	7.39
1966-12	7.26
1967-01	7.36
1967-02	6.61
1967-03	6.60
1967-04	6.28
1967-05	6.59
1967-06	6.68
1967-07	6.57
1967-08	6.25
1967-09	6.55
1967-10	6.43
1967-11	6.64
1967-12	6.84
1968-01	7.35
1968-02	7.75
1968-03	7.64
1968-04	7.43
1968-05	7.42
1968-06	7.90
1968-07	8.19
1968-08	7.98
1968-09	7.86
1968-10	8.15
1968-11	8.13
1968-12	8.12
1969-01	7.80		Nixon
1969-02	8.08
1969-03	8.65
1969-04	8.92
1969-05	8.91
1969-06	8.98
1969-07	8.94
1969-08	9.21
1969-09	9.40
1969-10	9.37
1969-11	9.43
1969-12	9.70
1970-01	10.08
1970-02	10.35
1970-03	10.22
1970-04	10.66
1970-05	10.84
1970-06	10.91
1970-07	10.98
1970-08	10.51
1970-09	11.06
1970-10	11.13
1970-11	11.50
1970-12	11.67
1971-01	11.19
1971-02	10.90
1971-03	10.71
1971-04	10.06
1971-05	10.30
1971-06	10.54
1971-07	10.36
1971-08	10.72
1971-09	10.08
1971-10	9.61
1971-11	9.28
1971-12	9.27
1972-01	9.07
1972-02	9.21
1972-03	9.30
1972-04	9.19
1972-05	8.93
1972-06	8.41
1972-07	8.55
1972-08	8.54
1972-09	8.69
1972-10	9.02
1972-11	8.97
1972-12	8.61
1973-01	8.55
1973-02	8.87
1973-03	9.49
1973-04	10.06
1973-05	10.43
1973-06	10.90
1973-07	10.53
1973-08	12.18
1973-09	12.16
1973-10	12.40
1973-11	13.05
1973-12	13.61
1974-01	14.49
1974-02	15.22
1974-03	15.49
1974-04	15.19
1974-05	15.81
1974-06	16.26
1974-07	17.01
1974-08	16.36		Ford
1974-09	17.85
1974-10	18.06
1974-11	18.80
1974-12	19.54
1975-01	19.90
1975-02	19.33
1975-03	18.85
1975-04	19.01
1975-05	18.47
1975-06	18.19
1975-07	18.32
1975-08	17.00
1975-09	16.31
1975-10	15.84
1975-11	15.68
1975-12	15.14
1976-01	14.62
1976-02	13.99
1976-03	13.67
1976-04	13.75
1976-05	13.60
1976-06	13.57
1976-07	13.15
1976-08	13.51
1976-09	13.09
1976-10	13.16
1976-11	12.68
1976-12	12.66
1977-01	12.72		Carter
1977-02	13.51
1977-03	13.84
1977-04	14.15
1977-05	13.73
1977-06	14.07
1977-07	13.73
1977-08	13.62
1977-09	13.40
1977-10	13.19
1977-11	13.52
1977-12	13.10
1978-01	13.24
1978-02	12.73
1978-03	12.85
1978-04	12.60
1978-05	12.97
1978-06	13.31
1978-07	13.90
1978-08	13.74
1978-09	14.31
1978-10	14.73
1978-11	14.79
1978-12	15.02
1979-01	15.18
1979-02	15.76
1979-03	15.89
1979-04	16.29
1979-05	16.45
1979-06	16.59
1979-07	16.96
1979-08	17.82
1979-09	18.08
1979-10	18.07
1979-11	18.51
1979-12	19.29
1980-01	20.21
1980-02	20.48
1980-03	21.06
1980-04	21.63
1980-05	21.91
1980-06	21.98
1980-07	20.93
1980-08	20.57
1980-09	20.10
1980-10	20.27
1980-11	20.15
1980-12	19.72
1981-01	19.33		Reagan
1981-02	18.81
1981-03	17.89
1981-04	17.20
1981-05	17.28
1981-06	17.05
1981-07	17.96
1981-08	18.20
1981-09	18.55
1981-10	18.04
1981-11	17.89
1981-12	17.42
1982-01	16.99
1982-02	16.52
1982-03	15.78
1982-04	15.81
1982-05	16.08
1982-06	16.66
1982-07	16.24
1982-08	15.65
1982-09	15.14
1982-10	15.54
1982-11	15.39
1982-12	14.63
1983-01	14.11
1983-02	13.89
1983-03	13.90
1983-04	14.10
1983-05	13.65
1983-06	12.68
1983-07	11.86
1983-08	12.06
1983-09	12.06
1983-10	11.65
1983-11	11.77
1983-12	12.09
1984-01	12.19
1984-02	12.40
1984-03	12.60
1984-04	12.26
1984-05	11.63
1984-06	11.42
1984-07	11.70
1984-08	11.79
1984-09	11.57
1984-10	11.66
1984-11	11.25
1984-12	11.25
1985-01	10.83
1985-02	10.72
1985-03	10.90
1985-04	10.99
1985-05	10.97
1985-06	11.16
1985-07	10.95
1985-08	10.45
1985-09	10.24
1985-10	10.33
1985-11	10.51
1985-12	10.80
1986-01	10.59
1986-02	10.31
1986-03	9.46
1986-04	8.69
1986-05	8.69
1986-06	8.97
1986-07	8.58
1986-08	8.47
1986-09	8.75
1986-10	8.47
1986-11	8.18
1986-12	7.70
1987-01	8.06
1987-02	8.70
1987-03	9.63
1987-04	10.08
1987-05	10.16
1987-06	9.85
1987-07	10.03
1987-08	10.28
1987-09	10.26
1987-10	10.53
1987-11	10.33
1987-12	10.13
1988-01	9.75
1988-02	9.64
1988-03	9.63
1988-04	9.30
1988-05	9.49
1988-06	9.36
1988-07	9.53
1988-08	9.62
1988-09	9.57
1988-10	9.65
1988-11	9.55
1988-12	9.72
1989-01	10.07		Bush, G.H.W.
1989-02	10.03
1989-03	9.98
1989-04	10.32
1989-05	10.56
1989-06	10.47
1989-07	10.18
1989-08	9.91
1989-09	9.64
1989-10	9.79
1989-11	10.06
1989-12	10.05
1990-01	10.60
1990-02	10.56
1990-03	10.43
1990-04	10.11
1990-05	9.76
1990-06	9.87
1990-07	10.32
1990-08	11.32
1990-09	12.06
1990-10	12.19
1990-11	12.47
1990-12	12.41
1991-01	12.05
1991-02	11.91
1991-03	11.70
1991-04	11.59
1991-05	11.85
1991-06	11.60
1991-07	11.25
1991-08	10.70
1991-09	10.29
1991-10	9.92
1991-11	9.99
1991-12	10.36
1992-01	9.90
1992-02	10.22
1992-03	10.59
1992-04	10.58
1992-05	10.62
1992-06	10.89
1992-07	10.86
1992-08	10.75
1992-09	10.59
1992-10	10.50
1992-11	10.45
1992-12	10.30
1993-01	10.56		Clinton
1993-02	10.35
1993-03	10.09
1993-04	10.33
1993-05	10.32
1993-06	10.00
1993-07	9.68
1993-08	9.57
1993-09	9.39
1993-10	9.55
1993-11	9.28
1993-12	9.25
1994-01	9.12
1994-02	9.12
1994-03	9.01
1994-04	8.76
1994-05	8.39
1994-06	8.59
1994-07	8.87
1994-08	8.90
1994-09	8.86
1994-10	8.41
1994-11	8.27
1994-12	8.17
1995-01	8.40
1995-02	8.26
1995-03	8.25
1995-04	8.85
1995-05	8.79
1995-06	8.64
1995-07	8.46
1995-08	8.32
1995-09	8.14
1995-10	8.31
1995-11	8.21
1995-12	8.14
1996-01	8.33
1996-02	8.15
1996-03	8.34
1996-04	8.50
1996-05	8.49
1996-06	8.05
1996-07	8.45
1996-08	7.98
1996-09	8.20
1996-10	8.19
1996-11	8.66
1996-12	8.72
1997-01	8.34
1997-02	8.23
1997-03	7.96
1997-04	7.60
1997-05	7.13
1997-06	7.30
1997-07	7.13
1997-08	7.03
1997-09	7.05
1997-10	6.78
1997-11	6.43
1997-12	6.40
1998-01	6.17
1998-02	6.04
1998-03	6.07
1998-04	5.74
1998-05	6.09
1998-06	6.18
1998-07	6.18
1998-08	6.12
1998-09	6.09
1998-10	5.99
1998-11	5.95
1998-12	6.01
1999-01	5.97
1999-02	6.01
1999-03	5.93
1999-04	6.58
1999-05	6.29
1999-06	6.26
1999-07	6.44
1999-08	6.46
1999-09	6.83
1999-10	6.66
1999-11	6.72
1999-12	6.68
2000-01	6.74
2000-02	7.32
2000-03	7.76
2000-04	6.87
2000-05	7.19
2000-06	7.73
2000-07	7.66
2000-08	7.51
2000-09	7.35
2000-10	7.35
2000-11	7.35
2000-12	7.29
2001-01	7.93		Bush, G.W.
2001-02	7.73
2001-03	7.22
2001-04	7.67
2001-05	7.92
2001-06	7.75
2001-07	7.32
2001-08	7.62
2001-09	7.65
2001-10	7.43
2001-11	7.40
2001-12	7.25
2002-01	6.84
2002-02	6.84
2002-03	7.18
2002-04	7.54
2002-05	6.98
2002-06	6.87
2002-07	7.26
2002-08	7.50
2002-09	7.21
2002-10	7.73
2002-11	8.10
2002-12	8.38
2003-01	8.40
2003-02	8.88
2003-03	8.92
2003-04	8.22
2003-05	8.16
2003-06	8.41
2003-07	8.31
2003-08	8.26
2003-09	8.42
2003-10	8.04
2003-11	7.57
2003-12	7.58
2004-01	7.63
2004-02	7.29
2004-03	7.54
2004-04	7.89
2004-05	8.65
2004-06	8.87
2004-07	8.49
2004-08	8.05
2004-09	7.94
2004-10	8.69
2004-11	8.92
2004-12	8.66
2005-01	8.27
2005-02	8.41
2005-03	8.35
2005-04	8.71
2005-05	7.90
2005-06	7.53
2005-07	8.17
2005-08	8.54
2005-09	9.69
2005-10	9.35
2005-11	8.46
2005-12	8.32
2006-01	8.69
2006-02	8.40
2006-03	8.06
2006-04	8.25
2006-05	8.77
2006-06	8.92
2006-07	8.85
2006-08	8.52
2006-09	6.56
2006-10	5.71
2006-11	6.47
2006-12	6.94
2007-01	6.68
2007-02	6.92
2007-03	7.18
2007-04	7.07
2007-05	7.09
2007-06	7.29
2007-07	7.06
2007-08	6.57
2007-09	7.46
2007-10	8.24
2007-11	9.01
2007-12	9.08
2008-01	9.28
2008-02	8.93
2008-03	9.08
2008-04	8.94
2008-05	9.58
2008-06	10.62
2008-07	11.40
2008-08	11.47
2008-09	11.04
2008-10	10.16
2008-11	7.87
2008-12	7.39
2009-01	7.83		Obama
2009-02	8.54
2009-03	8.32
2009-04	8.16
2009-05	8.12
2009-06	8.07
2009-07	7.40
2009-08	8.12
2009-09	8.51
2009-10	9.82
2009-11	11.74
2009-12	12.62
2010-01	12.33
2010-02	11.94
2010-03	12.11
2010-04	12.14
2010-05	11.62
2010-06	10.45
2010-07	10.74
2010-08	10.75
2010-09	10.64
2010-10	10.67
2010-11	10.94
2010-12	10.90
2011-01	10.73
2011-02	11.11
2011-03	11.58
2011-04	12.16
2011-05	12.57
2011-06	12.66
2011-07	12.73
2011-08	12.87
2011-09	12.87
2011-10	12.43
2011-11	12.09
2011-12	11.46
2012-01	11.23
2012-02	11.17
2012-03	10.85
2012-04	10.40
2012-05	9.90
2012-06	9.86
2012-07	9.71
2012-08	9.79
2012-09	9.79
2012-10	10.06
2012-11	9.46
2012-12	9.54
2013-01	9.49
2013-02	9.68
2013-03	9.07
2013-04	8.56
2013-05	8.96
2013-06	9.35
2013-07	9.36
2013-08	8.82
2013-09	8.38
2013-10	8.26
2013-11	8.24
2013-12	8.20
2014-01	8.18
2014-02	7.83
2014-03	8.21
2014-04	8.25
2014-05	8.43
2014-06	8.17
2014-07	8.19
2014-08	7.80
2014-09	7.56
2014-10	7.46
2014-11	7.12
2014-12	6.36
2015-01	5.61
2015-02	5.47
2015-03	5.43
2015-04	5.20
2015-05	5.46
2015-06	5.42
2015-07	5.47
2015-08	5.30
2015-09	5.06
2015-10	5.17
2015-11	5.50
2015-12	5.73
2016-01	6.27
2016-02	5.92
2016-03	5.85
2016-04	6.13
2016-05	5.72
2016-06	5.91
2016-07	5.74
2016-08	5.96
2016-09	6.46
2016-10	6.54
2016-11	6.29
2016-12	6.77
2017-01	7.30		Trump
2017-02	7.44
2017-03	6.88
2017-04	6.60
2017-05	6.17
2017-06	6.03
2017-07	6.03
2017-08	6.34
2017-09	6.43
2017-10	6.14
2017-11	6.30
2017-12	6.21
2018-01	6.17
2018-02	6.31
2018-03	6.36
2018-04	6.36
2018-05	6.60
2018-06	6.87
2018-07	6.85
2018-08	6.60
2018-09	5.98
2018-10	6.32
2018-11	5.88
2018-12	5.81
2019-01	5.55
2019-02	5.32
2019-03	5.66
2019-04	5.60
2019-05	5.39
2019-06	5.35
2019-07	5.51
2019-08	5.45
2019-09	5.21
2019-10	5.36
2019-11	5.55
2019-12	5.31
2020-01	6.09
2020-02	5.83
2020-03	5.94
2020-04	15.03
2020-05	13.42
2020-06	11.75
2020-07	11.19
2020-08	9.71
2020-09	9.27
2020-10	8.08
2020-11	7.87
2020-12	8.06
2021-01	7.70		Biden
2021-02	7.88
2021-03	8.62
2021-04	10.26
2021-05	10.79
2021-06	11.29
2021-07	10.77
2021-08	10.45
2021-09	10.19
2021-10	10.82
2021-11	11.01
2021-12	10.94
2022-01	11.48
2022-02	11.67
2022-03	12.14
2022-04	11.86
2022-05	12.18
2022-06	12.66
2022-07	12.02
2022-08	11.96
2022-09	11.70
2022-10	11.45
2022-11	10.71
2022-12	9.95
2023-01	9.81
2023-02	9.64
2023-03	8.48
2023-04	8.33
2023-05	7.75
2023-06	6.57
2023-07	6.68
2023-08	7.47
2023-09	7.50
2023-10	7.14
2023-11	6.84
2023-12	7.05
2024-01	6.79
2024-02	7.05
2024-03	7.28
2024-04	7.26
2024-05	7.17
2024-06	7.07
2024-07	7.19
2024-08	6.73
2024-09	6.54
2024-10	6.70
2024-11	6.95

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United States Misery Index - How miserable do you feel?

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