Over at WaPo. I left out one figure/point due to space constraints. The other day when the CPI report came out slightly above expectations, as I discuss in the WaPo piece, a few freaker-outers actually started talking about 70’s-style stagflation. So here’s a graph of how we measured stagflation back in the day, using the “misery index,” or unemployment + inflation. Not quite back to 70’s levels, I’d say.

Sources: BLS