Further, there is darkness at night, heat during the day and night, the
misery index has risen exponentially and in the face of all this, all the Minister can do is blame the PLP (Progressive Liberal party) while the Prime Minister is busy shaking cowbells,' he added.
I also recall learning about the
Misery Index. For those of you whose memories don't go back that far, this index is the sum of the unemployment rate and the inflation rate.
A cursory look at the rising level of poverty and inequality on one hand, and low ranking of the country in important indices as the
Misery Index, or the Energy Transition on the other, will amply indicate that the storm that brings such revolutions could gather anytime here.
TWO recent global reports, the United Nation's (UN) report on world food security and crisis and the Steve Hanke
misery index, both revealed the dismal state of affairs in Nigeria, saying that the country's citizens belong in the unenviable groups of the world's hungriest and most miserable people.
Today, this same country has by far the highest
misery index score.
The annual study of 300 full-time physicians nationwide, called the physician
misery index, showed dissatisfaction increased to a level of 3.94 out of 5, compared to 3.78 when the survey began in 2015.
To answer this question, I update my annual
Misery Index measurements.
President Lyndon Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers, created the so-called
misery index, which goes beyond headline GDP growth or the unemployment rate to provide insight into how the average citizen is faring economically.
Frey and Stutzer (2000) investigate the relationship between
misery index and welfare.
The
misery index is constructed and Johansen and Juselious test of co-integration is employed to check long run relationship among variables.