Steel and copper traders told Barclays analysts that their inventories were not particularly high.
Credit its relentless price-slashing and its build-to-order business model, which keeps inventories low.
So it should not be surprising that we see no such trends in inventories.
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Crude oil and gasoline inventories are among the most carefully watched economic statistics there are.
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Inventories, which were temporarily in surplus, have tightened due to an OPEC production cutback.
There is lots of talk about whether we have hit the bottom in inventories.
Much of the increase is thanks to higher inventories, which bodes ill for future output.
We see excess metal going into inventories and that has been weighing on the price.
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Inventory days are calculated as inventories divided by cost of goods sold (COGS), multiplied by 365.
Data from the federal government on Tuesday also provided evidence of balanced business inventories.
She says they put metrics in place to focus on DSOs, days payables, inventories.
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Further, much of the reported growth was the result of a build-up of corporate inventories.
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Sell through has also been below expectations for appliances as some Asian customers reduce inventories.
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Inventories grew with the Canadian acquisition, which added 9% to inventories compared to a year ago.
Inventories did decline, which means businesses are selling and have less goods sitting unsold in warehouses.
Estimates of investor inventories of purchased homes ranges from 50, 000 to several hundred thousand properties.
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As the public increases its cash holdings, inventories of cash at banks are drawn down.
The drawdown of corn inventories is due to huge U.S. government subsidies of corn-derived ethanol.
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Unused to managing its customers' inventories, Allied shoved too much product through distribution channels in 1996.
Chrysler in particular is offering generous discounts to help winnow down remaining model-year 2011 inventories.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that inventories are lower this year than they were last.
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The company said increased inventories at networking companies in China contributed to the weak quarterly results.
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Peering further, you see that growth was driven by an accumulation of business inventories.
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Inventories, which were 25% higher than the year-ago quarter, supported the store openings and sales growth.
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Companies held steady inventories in September, even as sales grew, according to the Commerce Department.
Marketers exercise caution as inventories start depleting, and raise their advertising spending slowly, if at all.
The company said that overall inventories of semiconductors were small, a good sign for chip makers.
Relative to sales, inventories of unsold new homes are not high by historical standards.
The next figure shows the change in fixed investment, excluding inventories, the most volatile component.
Also, like most industries, refineries are trying to keep their own inventories tight to boost efficiency.
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