According to the latest data released by the Fed, both capacity utilization and industrial production increased in December: Industrial production increased 0.8 percent in December after having risen ...

Planning the use of your manufacturing capacity to turn out the highest-quality products while maximizing profit is a key to the success of your business. Capacity utilization depends on market demand ...

In the past, there was a fairly close contemporaneous relationship between capacity utilization and unemployment. However, much like the relationship between output and unemployment, a lag in the ...