inventories

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That reflects how companies and countries first worked through inventories as the crisis unfolded, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“It has become a game of chicken between physical tightening and confidence that diplomacy or reopening headlines arrive before inventories become critically stressed.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Global oil inventories have fallen at a record pace during the Iran war, and oil executives and analysts predict a reckoning within weeks if the Strait of Hormuz remains shut.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

As it curbs imports through the use of inventories and reduced refinery runs, China is also reselling crude it was contracted to buy to other countries, often at a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Many guardians would purchase, for their wards, goods from their own stores or inventories at inflated prices.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann