21.   Capacity utilization, or the plant-use rate, measures the amount of industrial capacity in use.

22.   Capacity utilization has plunged to its lowest level in years, and unemployment is rising steadily.

23.   Capacity utilization, as measured by tickets sold per screen, is falling, and competing multiplexes are springing up in many cities.

24.   Conversely, if capacity utilization plummets, more plant space lies idle, and inventories might start backing up.

25.   Donald Fine, chief market analyst at Chase Asset Management, said that both industrial production and capacity utilization exceeded market expectations.

26.   Earlier reports on industrial production and capacity utilization Tuesday had only a mild impact on the bond market by comparison.

27.   Economic data coming out Wednesday include March figures on housing construction, industrial production and capacity utilization.

28.   Fed officials look to the manufacturing economy, specifically to capacity utilization, or the plant-use rate, to measure demand pressures.

29.   Federal Reserve officials look to the manufacturing economy, specifically to capacity utilization, or the plant-use rate, to measure demand pressures.

30.   Finally, on Friday the Federal Reserve reports on industrial production and capacity utilization in August.