US Misery Index - Index by President

If this metric demonstrates anything, it shows how much things changed economically during each Presidents term, given that in some cases Presidents are limited by what they are able to change. It seems unfair in the instances of Eisenhower, who had nowhere to go but down and Ford, who had almost nowhere to go but up, given the mess he inherited. Ford is a small sample size casualty as well.

We do seem to be more miserable as a nation lately, that's for sure.

US Misery Index - Index by President:

Misery Index (7.8) equals Unemployment rate (6.1) plus Inflation rate (1.7)

President	Time Period	Start	End	Change	Average
Richard M Nixon	1969-01 - 1974-07	7.80	17.01	9.21	10.57
James E Carter, Jr.	1977-01 - 1980-12	12.72	19.72	7.00	16.26
Dwight D Eisenhower	1953-01 - 1960-12	3.28	7.96	4.68	6.26
Lyndon B Johnson	1963-11 - 1968-12	7.02	8.12	1.10	6.77
George H.W. Bush	1989-01 - 1992-12	10.07	10.30	0.23	10.68
Barack H Obama	2009-01 - 2014-08	7.83	7.80	-0.03	10.01
George W Bush	2001-01 - 2008-12	7.93	7.39	-0.54	8.11
John F Kennedy	1961-01 - 1963-10	8.31	6.82	-1.49	7.14
William J Clinton	1993-01 - 2000-12	10.56	7.29	-3.27	7.80
Gerald R Ford	1974-08 - 1976-12	16.36	12.66	-3.70	16.00
Ronald W Reagan	1981-01 - 1988-12	19.33	9.72	-9.61	12.19
Harry S Truman	1948-01 - 1952-12	13.63	3.45	-10.18	7.88

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