Inventories grew with the Canadian acquisition, which added 9% to inventories compared to a year ago.
More than two-thirds of the real GDP growth in the first quarter can be attributed to inventories.
The ratio of orders to inventories was at its worst since December 2008.
The net change in the GDP estimate from the first to the second estimate of the third quarter reflects changes in several variables in addition to inventories.
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Real GDP growth has decelerated recently, to an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the second quarter and 2.0 percent in the third, with over half of this meager growth which is true since the recovery began attributable to inventories.
Refiners are still trying to refill inventories that dropped to the lowest levels since 2003 after an unexpected cold snap in North America at the beginning of this year.
We can infer that businesses are beginning to rebuild inventories after allowing them to become very lean over the last year.
Most large chipmakers in Japan and Korea have trimmed output in recent weeks to reduce inventories and bring a semblance of calm to the market.
Unusually for a carmaker, Lexus even varies production to keep inventories low, which reduces the pressure on dealers to lower their prices.
For example, in the third quarter of 2010, Bunge used money from the sale to keep inventories stocked as costs increased for commodities it needs to have on hand for milling and marketing.
Scavone starts with daily reports on companies that have reported troubling events, from missing analysts' earnings estimates, to reporting higher inventories, to receiving an auditor's adverse opinion.
However, it is looking to maintain lean inventories in order to reduce merchandise markdowns, thereby sustaining margins.
More owners plan to reduce their inventories than plan to order new stocks.
On a consumer level, this quarter will be interesting for Apple, as it is one of few companies this year that are having to think about having enough inventories to satisfy demand.
Much of the increase is thanks to higher inventories, which bodes ill for future output.
Also, like most industries, refineries are trying to keep their own inventories tight to boost efficiency.
"Firms now rely on capital markets to fund inventories and offer dealer-based financing, " he continues.
Stronger sales led businesses to increase inventories at a pace that was faster than expected in January.
Reluctance across the majority of distributors and end-market customers to build inventories through an unknown macro environment.
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The job at most companies is to reduce inventories, not increase them.
For those who do own a small business, it's been difficult to finance inventories and make payroll, or expand if things are going well.
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The only way to survive is to become even carry even more inventories to make people check out lesser known brands, possibly from China.
In order to reduce inventories, production is also being slashed.
The ongoing tightening of lending standards, although an appropriate market response, will reduce somewhat the effective demand for housing, and foreclosed properties will add to the inventories of unsold homes.
Over the past decade or so the just-in-time concept of having supplies delivered at the last minute, so as to keep inventories down, has spread down the global manufacturing chain.
Analysts expect a burst of business activity in the fourth quarter as companies add to their inventories, followed by a sharp decline in buying during the first three months of 2000.
Real GDP growth in the second quarter was revised down due, in part, to a downward revision to agriculture inventories as a result of the devastating drought our nation faced this summer.
Partnerships that do not have a C corporation partner and S corporations are permitted to use the cash method regardless of their level of receipts, provided they are not required to maintain inventories under Section 471.
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Even if the demand for housing falls no further, weakness in residential construction is likely to remain a drag on economic growth for a time as homebuilders try to reduce their inventories of unsold homes to more normal levels.
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