discomfort index
originally US
noun
1 Meteorology an index for measuring the discomfort felt in warm weather as a result of the combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air.
2 Economics an informal measure of the state of an economy obtained from the sum of the rate of inflation and the unemployment statistics.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in The Boston Globe.
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