Focus Questions • What type of good is housing? • How can the housing market inf

Focus Questions
• What type of good is housing?
• How can the housing market influence the direction of the economy?
• What does the manufacturing capacity utilization data tell you about the economy?
• Is housing a leading or lagging indicator? What about manufacturing capacity? How can
you use these to understand economic trends?
• What is the difference between durable goods and non-durable goods? How did the
production of each change based on data released from January 2020 to September
2021? What does this tell you about the economy?