3 For information on the checkbox data from the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization, see Jessica Stahl and Norman Morin (2013), “Looking for Shortages of Skilled Labor in the Manufacturing Sector,” FEDS Notes (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 26), https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2013/looking-for-shortages-of-skilled-laborin-the-manufacturing-sector-20130926.html; and Justin Pierce and Emily Wisniewski (2018), “Some Characteristics of the Decline in Manufacturing Capacity Utilization,” FEDS Notes (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 1), https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/fedsnotes/some-characteristics-of-the-decline-in-manufacturing-capacity-utilization-20180301.html.
2  -4Turning to housing, a sector in which demand has been quite strong since the onset of the pandemic, the housing services component of core PCE has continued to register rapid increases.