At IBM he mastered a software trick called "just-in-time compiling, " which analyzes the flow of instructions surging toward a microchip and identifies all the repetitive or redundant steps that can be eliminated.

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The drop in inventory may presage surging imports as firms restock, meaning that growing demand will simply flow abroad, as has often happened.

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