The capacity utilization has stayed flat at 81.4%. Plant and equipment is still being used. The recession would see the utilization rate fall swiftly below 80 percent. A high utilization rate also gives us some insight on potential inflation. With the utilization rate below the highs, the inflation focus will be on commodities and not production.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Capacity utilization flat
The capacity utilization has stayed flat at 81.4%. Plant and equipment is still being used. The recession would see the utilization rate fall swiftly below 80 percent. A high utilization rate also gives us some insight on potential inflation. With the utilization rate below the highs, the inflation focus will be on commodities and not production.
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