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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 Year
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Year MI   Bar Graph President
194811.49 3.757.74Truman
19495.10 7.00
19506.30 5.211.09
195111.16 3.287.88
19525.32 3.032.29
19533.74 2.920.82Eisenhower
19545.91 5.590.32
19554.09 4.65
19565.64 4.121.52
19577.64 4.303.34
19589.57 6.842.73
19596.46 5.451.01
19607.00 5.541.46
19617.76 6.691.07Kennedy
19626.77 5.571.20
19636.88 5.641.24Johnson
19646.44 5.161.28
19656.10 4.511.59
19666.80 3.793.01
19676.62 3.842.78
19687.83 3.564.27
19698.95 3.495.46Nixon
197010.82 4.985.84
197110.25 5.954.30
19728.87 5.603.27
197311.02 4.866.16
197416.67 5.6411.03Ford
197517.68 8.489.20
197613.45 7.705.75
197713.55 7.056.50Carter
197813.69 6.077.62
197917.07 5.8511.22
198020.76 7.1813.58
198117.97 7.6210.35Reagan
198215.87 9.716.16
198312.82 9.603.22
198411.81 7.514.30
198510.74 7.193.55
19868.91 7.001.91
19879.84 6.183.66
19889.57 5.494.08
198910.09 5.264.83Bush, G.H.W.
199011.01 5.625.39
199111.10 6.854.25
199210.52 7.493.03
19939.87 6.912.96Clinton
19948.71 6.102.61
19958.40 5.592.81
19968.34 5.412.93
19977.28 4.942.34
19986.05 4.501.55
19996.41 4.222.19
20007.35 3.973.38
20017.57 4.742.83Bush, G.W.
20027.37 5.781.59
20038.26 5.992.27
20048.22 5.542.68
20058.48 5.083.39
20067.84 4.613.24
20077.47 4.622.85
20089.65 5.803.85
20098.94 9.61Obama
201011.27 9.621.64
201112.10 8.953.16
201210.15 8.082.07
20138.86 7.401.46
20147.80 6.181.62
20155.40 5.280.12
20166.13 4.871.26
20176.49 4.362.13Trump
20186.34 3.902.44
20195.44 3.671.77
20209.35 8.121.24
202110.06 5.374.69Biden
202211.65 3.648.01
20237.77 3.634.14