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This article reviews how the Federal Reserve measures capacity utilization and explains why capacity utilization has been, and likely will remain, a useful indicator of inflationary pressures and business cycle fluctuations. The authors also explain why economic developments, such as the pace of technological change, increased international trade, and
Carol Corrado, Joe Mattey
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TECHNOLOGY, CAPITAL SPENDING, AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [PDF]
Capacity utilization is a closely watched macroeconomic indicator because rising utilization may signal rising inflationary pressures. However, recent technological changes have increased the flexibility of relationships between inputs and outputs, potentially eroding the predictive value of the utilization rate.
Cynthia Bansak +2 more
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The quarrying industry, which largely consists of less digitized SMEs, is an integral part of the German economy. More than 95% of the primary raw materials produced are used by the domestic construction industry.
von Stamm, John +7 more
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A search for distinctive features of demand-led growth models
This paper aims at a critical and constructive assessment of some extensions of Keynes’s analysis of effective demand to the long period and growth. A criticism is addressed to a single-cause interpretation of the demand-led growth models and to the ...
Sergio Parrinello
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Economic sustainability is particularly important in agriculture. It is related to the basic economic goal of farmers and the reason for their economic activities.
Abebe Belay, Belay Simane, Ermias Teferi
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This article discusses the possibilities to study the economy in times of crisis and its post-crisis performance by use of selected indicators from the Business Tendency Survey. Unlike conventional statistical indicators, these indicators can give quick
Maryna Pugachova
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Estimating Capacity Utilization from Survey Data [PDF]
In this paper, we review the history and concepts behind the Federal Reserve's measures of capacity and capacity utilization, summarize the methods used to construct the measures, and describe the principal source data for these measures--the Census Bureau's Survey of Plant Capacity.
Norman Morin, John J. Stevens
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Highway Development and Capacity Utilisation in Ogun State, Nigeria
Highway development in Nigeria pioneered other modes of transport including rail, air, water and pipeline. It serves as the most efficient means of distributing agricultural products, locally-made products and natural resources.
Salisu Umar Obafemi +2 more
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This study focuses on exploring the relationship between industrial intelligence and capacity utilization based on the perspective of green development.
Yiming Yuan +3 more
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This study evaluates the impact of policy intensity on overcapacity using 55 listed photovoltaic (PV) firms from 2011 to 2019 in China. We divide PV industrial chain into three segments, which are upstream, midstream, and downstream.
Hui Hu +5 more
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