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US Misery Index
AJ NorrisSeptember 19, 2014
The Misery Index was created by Arthur Okun, an economist and adviser to President Lyndon Johnson. It is calculated by adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate. The concept is fairly simple – If inflation is rising, goods and services will cost more. &n...