inventories

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His predecessor, CEO Carlos Tavares, resigned in December 2024, after deteriorating profitability caused in part by sky-high North American dealer inventories.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

This stems from a sharp pullback in Chinese buying, a surge in U.S. exports and an unusually rapid draw on inventories and strategic stocks, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Gasoline inventories decreased by 1.5 million barrels to 214.2 million barrels, compared with expectations for a 2.7 million barrel withdrawal, and were 5% below the five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

They wanted to shape things/design things, create things, sell things, buy things, keep track of inventories, do somebody else’s taxes, and read somebody else’s X-rays from half a world away.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman