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United States Misery Index - How miserable do you feel?

Misery Index (6.54) equals Unemployment rate (4.1) plus Inflation rate (2.44)

Unemployment Rate by Year
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Year UR   Bar Graph President
19483.75 3.75Truman
19496.05 6.05
19505.21 5.21
19513.28 3.28
19523.03 3.03
19532.92 2.92Eisenhower
19545.59 5.59
19554.37 4.37
19564.12 4.12
19574.30 4.30
19586.84 6.84
19595.45 5.45
19605.54 5.54
19616.69 6.69Kennedy
19625.57 5.57
19635.64 5.64Johnson
19645.16 5.16
19654.51 4.51
19663.79 3.79
19673.84 3.84
19683.56 3.56
19693.49 3.49Nixon
19704.98 4.98
19715.95 5.95
19725.60 5.60
19734.86 4.86
19745.64 5.64Ford
19758.48 8.48
19767.70 7.70
19777.05 7.05Carter
19786.07 6.07
19795.85 5.85
19807.18 7.18
19817.62 7.62Reagan
19829.71 9.71
19839.60 9.60
19847.51 7.51
19857.19 7.19
19867.00 7.00
19876.18 6.18
19885.49 5.49
19895.26 5.26Bush, G.H.W.
19905.62 5.62
19916.85 6.85
19927.49 7.49
19936.91 6.91Clinton
19946.10 6.10
19955.59 5.59
19965.41 5.41
19974.94 4.94
19984.50 4.50
19994.22 4.22
20003.97 3.97
20014.74 4.74Bush, G.W.
20025.78 5.78
20035.99 5.99
20045.54 5.54
20055.08 5.08
20064.61 4.61
20074.62 4.62
20085.80 5.80
20099.28 9.28Obama
20109.62 9.62
20118.95 8.95
20128.08 8.08
20137.40 7.40
20146.18 6.18
20155.28 5.28
20164.87 4.87
20174.36 4.36Trump
20183.90 3.90
20193.67 3.67
20208.12 8.12
20215.37 5.37Biden
20223.64 3.64
20233.63 3.63