We derive upper and lower bounds on the fidelity susceptibility in terms of
macroscopic thermodynamical quantities, like susceptibilities and thermal
average values. The quality of the bounds is checked by the exact expressions
for a single spin in an external magnetic field. Their usefulness is
illustrated by two examples of many-particle models which are exactly solved in
the thermodynamic limit: the Dicke superradiance model and the single impurity
Kondo model. It is shown that as far as divergent behavior is considered, the
fidelity susceptibility and the thermodynamic susceptibility are equivalent for
a large class of models exhibiting critical behavior.Comment: 19 page