The large inventory buildup in the first half of 1997 led to media warnings of a substantially weaker economy by year's end. The authors examine the rationale for these warnings, and argue that inventory accumulation is an unreliable predictor of future economic strength.Inventories ; Business cycles
Inventory growth aggregated from manufacturers' accounting disclosures reveals information about fut...
This paper revisits the hypothesis that changes in inventory management were an important contributo...
During the second half of the 1990s, forecasters made large and persistent underpredictions of GDP g...
A review of research on the relationship between inventory investment and business cycle fluctuation...
The advent of the computer and changes in business management techniques are commonly believed to ha...
From quarterly postwar US and French data, this paper provides evidence of a bounce-back effect in i...
It is widely believed in the literature that inventory fluctuations are destabilizing to the economy...
By historical standards, the U.S. economy has experienced a period of remarkable stability since the...
It has been known for a long time that inventory fluctuations are of great importance in business cy...
This paper examines the relationship between the inventory cycle and the business cycle. It uses bot...
Why did the volatility of U.S. real GDP decline by more than the volatility of final sales with the ...
The procyclicality of inventory investment is a central feature of US business cycles. As such, it p...
In this article, we argue that firms that are floated on the stock market are subject to close scrut...
Starting with accelerator models designed to capture the inventory cycle, inventory behavior has att...
of inventories was observed in many countries, both in the national accounts and in business surveys...
Inventory growth aggregated from manufacturers' accounting disclosures reveals information about fut...
This paper revisits the hypothesis that changes in inventory management were an important contributo...
During the second half of the 1990s, forecasters made large and persistent underpredictions of GDP g...
A review of research on the relationship between inventory investment and business cycle fluctuation...
The advent of the computer and changes in business management techniques are commonly believed to ha...
From quarterly postwar US and French data, this paper provides evidence of a bounce-back effect in i...
It is widely believed in the literature that inventory fluctuations are destabilizing to the economy...
By historical standards, the U.S. economy has experienced a period of remarkable stability since the...
It has been known for a long time that inventory fluctuations are of great importance in business cy...
This paper examines the relationship between the inventory cycle and the business cycle. It uses bot...
Why did the volatility of U.S. real GDP decline by more than the volatility of final sales with the ...
The procyclicality of inventory investment is a central feature of US business cycles. As such, it p...
In this article, we argue that firms that are floated on the stock market are subject to close scrut...
Starting with accelerator models designed to capture the inventory cycle, inventory behavior has att...
of inventories was observed in many countries, both in the national accounts and in business surveys...
Inventory growth aggregated from manufacturers' accounting disclosures reveals information about fut...
This paper revisits the hypothesis that changes in inventory management were an important contributo...
During the second half of the 1990s, forecasters made large and persistent underpredictions of GDP g...