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Inventories and the business cycle: an overview


Abstract: A review of research on the relationship between inventory investment and business cycle fluctuations, focusing on the developments of the last 15 years. A central issue in the literature, the relative importance of demand and supply shocks as sources of fluctuations, continues to be debated.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1997

Issue: Q III

Pages: 11-22