Capacity Utilization also called equipment utilization, industrial output ratio of production equipment, simple, practical production capacity is understanding how in running play production function.
Statistical data, the scope of cover includes manufacturing, mining, utilities, durable goods, durable goods, basic metals industry, automobile and gasoline etc. Eight project Representatives of the industrial production utilization degree.

When capacity utilization, more than 95% utilization ratio of the equipment, to all the inflation pressure will be unable to cope with increased productivity, and may be increased interest in market expectations for monetary is more. Conversely, if capacity utilization in less than 90%, and continued to decline, too, are idle equipment of economic recession in the market, may reduce the expected rate of the currency in the circumstances, is bad. The average American market capacity utilization data.

In the United States, the general announced monthly one month before the middle of data.