This paper presents a model to estimate the rate of capacity utilization (CU) in the manufacturing sector by state. Consistent measures of state-level CU rates have been unavailable since 1982. The ...

Citations: Hubbard, Thomas N.. 2003. Information, Decisions, and Productivity: On Board Computers and Capacity Utilization in Trucking. American Economic Review. (4)1328-1353.

Manufacturing production, a subset of industrial production, rose by 0.2% in December thanks to 2.4% growth in primary metals ...

Total factor productivity—a measure of the efficiency with which labor and capital are used—has fallen during the current recession. But, after adjustment for lower utilization of labor and capital, ...