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- noun Plural form of
inventory . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
inventory .
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Examples
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The direction of manufacturers 'inventories is a critical one.
Business Inventory Gains Continue to Slow Paul Vigna 2010
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In the fourth quarter, most of the growth was due to businesses no longer making the deep cuts in inventories that they had made early in 2009, when they were concerned about a sharp fall-off in demand.
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I would add that laws against price gouging also reduce the incentives for businesses to maintain inventories of supplies in anticipation of possible storms.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Firms continue to report overall declines in inventories," said a report Thursday from the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia.
Business Inventory Gains Continue to Slow Paul Vigna 2010
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The rise in inventories and even bigger jump in sales pushed the inventory - to-sales ratio down to 1.13 in March.
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All the big surge in inventories and imports was simply to offset the prior 3 years of unnatural declines.
Oil Bubble?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Ignoring the temporary effect of the bump in inventories, the economy contracted at a 5% annual rate in the 4th quarter.
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In addition, the theory that it is thin inventories that cause a near-term price spike would suggest that the U.S. could get considerable leverage out of a sale of oil reserves.
Backwardation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The USDA report due out Friday could erase the impact of an increased estimate for grain inventories the department issued in a separate report last week that had sent prices tumbling.
Poor Harvest Expectations Lift Corn Futures Tom Polansek 2010
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One is a directory of particular interest to those researching the history of collecting art in the United States, and the other is a database of inventories from the Dutch Golden Age.
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