inventories

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Meanwhile, diesel stocks are about 3% below the five-year average for this time of year, and gasoline inventories are 5% below the five-year average.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Elevated global inventories and reduced demand initially muted oil prices, but inventories are now drawing rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

That doesn’t seem obvious following Wednesday’s closely watched U.S. government report on petroleum inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Gasoline inventories snapped a string of 15 straight weekly declines, rising by 3.4 million barrels to 215 million barrels and were 5% below the five-year average for the time of year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 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