ALL meanings of misery index
mis·er·y in·dex
M m - noun misery index an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent. 1
- noun misery index a figure calculated by adding the rate of unemployment to the rate of inflation, used as an indicator of the economic welfare of an average member of society 0