AdamT
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That is exactly what it did, made the misery index artificially lower. Unemployment numbers were changed in 1994 when discouraged workers were dropped from the roles of the unemployed. That distorts the unemployment numbers and that is why today's rate is actually 9.36%
So when the number of people leaving the workforce increased before, that made the index higher, but when it increased now, it made it lower. Makes perfect sense. :lol: