inventories

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Under normal circumstances, oil prices could have risen “substantially,” given the scale of the disruption, including the closure of the strait, constrained Iranian crude supply and declining global inventories, Innes said.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

“A cease-fire may reopen shipping lanes, it does not immediately replenish inventories, restore damaged infrastructure or normalize trade flows.”

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Others cite soft demand signals, high Chinese inventories and elevated long positions—or bets among investors that prices will rise—as reasons for caution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Distillate inventories were forecast to have fallen by 1.1 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

After restlessly starting and stopping concession inventories and making a few phone calls about delays in film deliveries, she did the only thing left to her and decided to watch a movie.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny