The Misery Index was created originally by economist Arthur Okun in the 1960s as the Economic Discomfort Index. Ronald Reagan is attributed to its renaming. The index is a calculated measure of economic health of a nation that sums the inflation rate and the unemployment rate. Data Planet utilizes Bureau of Labor Statistics data to calculate the index values included in the Data Planet repository.
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