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If market demand grows, capacity utilization will rise. If demand weakens, capacity utilization will slacken. [1] Economists and bankers often watch capacity utilization indicators for signs of inflation pressures. It is often believed that when the utilization rate rises above somewhere between 82% and 85%, price inflation will increase.
The LDC curve shows the capacity utilization requirements for each increment of load. The height of each slice is a measure of capacity, and the width of each slice is a measure of the utilization rate or capacity factor. The product of the two is a measure of electrical energy (e.g. kilowatthours).
Okun's law is an empirical relationship. In Okun's original statement of his law, a 2% increase in output corresponds to a 1% decline in the rate of cyclical unemployment; a 0.5% increase in labor force participation; a 0.5% increase in hours worked per employee; and a 1% increase in output per hours worked (labor productivity).
The 1974-1975 inflation peak looks very similar on the chart to the 2022 peak and decline. However, in 1977, inflation turned back up and made a new high and continued that cycle for another 5-6 ...
The Federal Reserve has released data showing that industrial production and capacity utilization rates both rose in December. When you consider that the entire media and business focus was around ...
Industrial production is a measure of output of the industrial sector of the economy.The industrial sector includes manufacturing, mining, and utilities. [1] Although these sectors contribute only a small portion of gross domestic product (GDP), they are highly sensitive to interest rates and consumer demand. [2]
So the model assumes that the average business sets a unit price (P) as a mark-up (M) over the unit labor cost in production measured at a standard rate of capacity utilization (say, at 90 percent use of plant and equipment) and then adds in the unit materials cost.
Housing inflation continued to be sticky last month. The shelter component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4% in November from the previous month, up from October's 0.3% monthly gain.