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Misery Index (6.73) equals Unemployment rate (4.2) plus Inflation rate (2.53)
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Year
MI
Bar Graph
President
1948
11.49
Truman
1949
5.10
1950
6.30
1951
11.16
1952
5.32
1953
3.74
Eisenhower
1954
5.91
1955
4.09
1956
5.64
1957
7.64
1958
9.57
1959
6.46
1960
7.00
1961
7.76
Kennedy
1962
6.77
1963
6.88
Johnson
1964
6.44
1965
6.10
1966
6.80
1967
6.62
1968
7.83
1969
8.95
Nixon
1970
10.82
1971
10.25
1972
8.87
1973
11.02
1974
16.67
Ford
1975
17.68
1976
13.45
1977
13.55
Carter
1978
13.69
1979
17.07
1980
20.76
1981
17.97
Reagan
1982
15.87
1983
12.82
1984
11.81
1985
10.74
1986
8.91
1987
9.84
1988
9.57
1989
10.09
Bush, G.H.W.
1990
11.01
1991
11.10
1992
10.52
1993
9.87
Clinton
1994
8.71
1995
8.40
1996
8.34
1997
7.28
1998
6.05
1999
6.41
2000
7.35
2001
7.57
Bush, G.W.
2002
7.37
2003
8.26
2004
8.22
2005
8.48
2006
7.84
2007
7.47
2008
9.65
2009
8.94
Obama
2010
11.27
2011
12.10
2012
10.15
2013
8.86
2014
7.80
2015
5.40
2016
6.13
2017
6.49
Trump
2018
6.34
2019
5.44
2020
9.35
2021
10.06
Biden
2022
11.65
2023
7.77