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Until companies increase their rate of capacity utilization from 77.5% to over the long run average of 80%, they will remain reluctant to hire.
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The rate of resource utilization is high, as can be seen most clearly in the tightness of the labor market.
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Manufacturing output was unchanged in May but the rate of capacity utilization across industries dropped 0.2%.
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As I posted in August, companies are operating with considerable slack (their rate of capacity utilization is a mere 77.5% below the 81% long-term average).
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Strong demand for offshore drilling helped the firm to boost the utilization rate of its fleet.
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Duplicative investment in China, and the consequent low utilization rate of capital investment, led to widespread industrialization and an explosive growth of human capital in modern manufacturing.
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For this group, a common factor in most plans is the utilization of a current market interest rate to convert the monthly pension to a lump sum figure.
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Ethanol stocks are high, while production-capacity utilization is down at the unusually low rate of 85%.
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We are also concerned that the company may struggle to maintain high manufacturing utilization, which could put pressure on the rate of cost improvement.
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Additionally, ORBK noted that the flat panel display industry seems to be recovering from the lower capacity utilization rate environment it saw in the second half of 2010.
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At 76.9%, the most recent capacity utilization rate is well below the long-term average of 80.4%.
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Global production reached 1.54 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day, while refining capacity utilization rate stood at 91%.
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