Most of the recent capacity gains took place between 2023 and 2024, followed by little gain over the course of 2024.

GOVERNMENT agencies ramped up spending in 2024, driving the overall budget utilization rate up from a year earlier, data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed. Based on the ...

To make this more concrete: higher interest rates mean a higher cost of borrowing for consumers and businesses. For example, the 30-year mortgage rate stood at 6.6% as of March 2025 (and averaged ...

THE cash utilization rate posted by government agencies was 99% at the end of 2024, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. The DBM reported that the National Government, local governments ...

DBM data showed that the national government’s notice of cash allocation (NCA) utilization rate was higher than the 2023 rate at 98 percent. Of the ₱4.9 trillion worth of NCAs issued last year, ₱4.83 ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said on Friday that rising inflation risks argue for an extended period of steady central bank interest rate policy. “Given the recent ...

Canada’s Capacity Utilization Rate 82.7% vs. 82.8% forecast By Investing.com - Sep 10, 2014 Investing.com - Canada’s capacity utilization rate rose less-than-expected last month, official data ...

Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.3075, up 0.07% on the day. On the release front, Canada releases Capacity Utilization Rate. In the... Canadian Industrial Capacity Rates Up In 15 of 21 Sectors In Q2 ...

Canadian industries operated at 79.8% of their production capacity in the fourth quarter, up from a rate of 79.4% in the third quarter, which was revised slightly higher. Capacity utilization in the ...

Employment was virtually unchanged in February (+1,100; +0.0%) and the employment rate held steady at 61.1%. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.6%. In February, employment ...

OTTAWA--Canada's industrial capacity utilization rate rose modestly during the final quarter of 2024, supported by a recovery in the construction industry as building activity has picked up.