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consciousness-based education and governmentcontinuation of the historical rising trend of the index well into 1981, followedby a leveling out in 1981–1982, and subsequent decline. The declineseems to be associated with the rise of the Super Radiance group to a levelfrequently exceeding the √1% threshold on a monthly average basis. Tofacilitate comparison between the plot of the Canadian misery index andthe plot of the U.S. Super Radiance group, the latter is repeated as Figure6. In terms of the annual data shown in Figure 2, the misery index for-Canada peaked in 1982, two years after the U.S. In terms of the monthlydata, the peak for Canada occurred in June of 1981 at 27.1, thereafterfalling to a level of 11.6 by the end of the sample period in April 1988.Figure 5. Time series plot of Okun’s misery index for Canada, monthly data,April 1979 to April 1988. Reversing the upward trend of the 1960’s and1970’s, the Canadian misery index peaked in June 1981 at 27.1, thereafterfalling irregularly to 11.6 by April 1988.424