Chapter 10 - Assignment 1: Capacity Utilization and Investment

Examine the graphs of nonresidential fixed investment and capacity utilization rates for the past ten years. (Graphs provided by Global Exposure.)

  1. Is there any similarity between the general shape of these two curves?
  2. Why would the capacity utilization rate affect investment spending?

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