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CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATE: The ratio of actual production by business sector factories and other productive establishments in the economy to the potential production of these establishments. This rate indicates if our economy's factories are being used as effectively and as fully as possible. Like the unemployment rate, the capacity utilization rate measures how close our economy is to full employment. And like unemployment, this rate moves up and down over the course of a business cycle. During expansions, the rate is near 85 percent (considered full employment), and during contractions, it tends to be in the 70 percent range. In addition to an overall rate, there are also separate rates for manufacturing, mining, and utility industries.
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                           There are 108 entries in the WEB*pedia starting with the letter P. Entries 1 through 35: - paper economy
- paradox of thrift
- part-time workers
- partnership
- paternalism
- payment flow
- peak
- per unit tax
- perfect competition
- perfect competition, characteristics
- perfect competition, demand
- perfect competition, efficiency
- perfect competition, factor market analysis
- perfect competition, long-run adjustment
- perfect competition, long-run equilibrium conditions
- perfect competition, long-run production analysis
- perfect competition, loss minimization
- perfect competition, marginal analysis
- perfect competition, profit analysis
- perfect competition, profit maximization
- perfect competition, realism
- perfect competition, revenue division
- perfect competition, short-run production analysis
- perfect competition, short-run supply curve
- perfect competition, shutdown
- perfect competition, total analysis
- perfectly elastic
- perfectly inelastic
- personal consumption expenditures
- personal income
- personal income and national income
- personal tax and nontax payments
- personal taxes
- phenomenon
- physical flow
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The Depths Of DEPRESSIONIn the discussion of recession we see that one of the problems confronting both pedestrians and the economy is stepping in an occasional pothole. These potholes are usually small and do little damage. Every now and then, however, our economy falls face first into one humdinger of pothole that's big enough to swallow the better part of a marching band. Rather than a mere recessionary pothole, these are best thought of as depressionary canyons. The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most memorable depressionary canyon on record for the good old U. S. of A. The question we need to ponder over the next few pages is: Are there any more depressionary canyons like the 1930s lurking along the economic pavement?
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store looking to buy either a packet of address labels large enough for addresses of both the sender and the recipient or a key chain with a built-in flashlight and panic button. Be on the lookout for attractive cable television service repair people. Your Complete Scope
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Lombard Street is London's equivalent of New York's Wall Street.
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"Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. " -- Phaedrus, Philosopher
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DIDMCA Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
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