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The Misery Index: Port Huron should feel bruised but not beaten
Port Huron Times Herald
Social scientists use statistics to measure misery. In the 1960s, economist Arthur Okun developed a misery index that combines unemployment and inflation. Forbes used 10 factors — what the magazine's staff identified as the things people complain ...

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Recovery Summer 4.0: Another Jobless Summer For Teens
Town Hall
As Young America's Foundation has pointed out, the Youth Misery Index is higher than ever with more and more young people moving back in with parents, being crushed by college loan debt and unable to find a job. Not to mention the unsustainable ...


 
We're all in this together - by our own choosing
Savannah Morning News
By MICHAEL RAYMOND The misery index got a boost last week as stocks turned in their worst performance of the year. All us slobs with savings stacked in 401-k's can lament the wipeout of first quarter gains and the resetting of the financial clock back ...


 
Why Tech's Holding the Dow Back
DailyFinance
On its own, that's not a terribly huge loss, but when you consider the index has sunk more than 6.5% since the close of the first trading day of May, a picture of building misery forms. What's holding back the Dow and other markets today?

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A glimmer of sunshine amid the oilpatch gloom
Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - Is the beleaguered energy sector finally poised to reward investors after a year of misery? At first blush, it wouldn't seem so. With the price of benchmark light crude down almost $20 US a barrel since March to just over $90, ...

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Misery builds for the euro zone
Reuters
Friday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs), primarily covering services, suggested a recession across Europe's currency union could now extend to mid-year and be deeper than previously thought. They did, however, indicate better progress among Chinese ...

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Ireland in 13th place on misery index
The Sunday Business Post
Ireland sits between Argentina and Colombia in thirteenth place in terms of misery, according to the latest global misery index. The Irish score now stands at 16.5 per cent, down from a high of 17.5 per cent, according to figures on Bloomberg.

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