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 ...

Shortened trading week for the Christmas holiday, Q3 gross domestic product, December consumer confidence, weekly jobless claims, and more.

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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 ...