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What is capacity utilization, and how is it relevant?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 17, 2024
The extent to which industries make use of their production capacity has a bearing on inflation.
The U.S. economy's average capacity utilization rate was 77.5% for September.
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Temp worker employment is falling. What does that mean for the U.S. economy?

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 31, 2024
While decreasing numbers of temporary workers can be a leading recession indicator, economists say this time might be different.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about a quarter of temporary workers are employed in transportation and material moving occupations such as warehouse jobs.
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RV sales could be an indicator of a smoother ride for the economy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 1, 2024
Sales of these expensive vehicles peaked in 2021, decelerated by more than 50% last year, and are starting to turn up again. That can tell us something about the economy overall.
"RVs do extraordinarily well in predicting business cycles because they’re such a big, volatile consumption piece for most American consumers," says economist Michael Hicks.
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By The Numbers

10 economic indicators you haven't thought about

by Katie Long
Jun 5, 2013
Trash and lipstick tell the story of the economy. What else?
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Tracking the economy and GDP through trash

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2012
How does our garbage relate to our GDP? Economist Michael McDonough has worked out the GDP-to-trash economic indicator.
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Sales of manufactured goods falter

by Bob Moon
Feb 28, 2012
Durable goods, ranging from computers to refrigerators to planes, fell in January. But it doesn’t necessarily mean the economy is sputtering.
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Mid-day Update

Learning more about consumer sentiment

by Jeremy Hobson
Feb 22, 2012
Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan put together a consumer sentiment survey, which serves as an important economic indicator for the U.S.
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Analyst: Positive economic indicators send the markets up

by Jeremy Hobson
Feb 6, 2012
The Dow is now up almost 100 percent from its low in March 2009, and down just 9 percent from the highest point it ever reached in 2007.
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Economy 4.0

New economic index measures credit, too

by David Brancaccio
Jan 26, 2012
The Conference Board is making changes to its leading economic index, taking into account the complexities of the financial marketplace.
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News In Brief

MIDDAY UPDATE: FCC and the census

by Katharine Crnko
Dec 21, 2010
The first figures from the U.S. Census are out today. Eve Troeh looks at how the census population numbers will affect how federal funding will be...
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