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Stocking Up: What Inventory Levels Say About the Economy

Stocking Up: What Inventory Levels Say About the Economy

Update: 2025-10-15

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Thomas Lubik discusses how inventories are tracked at the firm and aggregate levels and what fluctuations in these levels over time tell us about the health of the overall economy. Lubik is a senior advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/2025/speaking_2025_10_15_inventories

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Stocking Up: What Inventory Levels Say About the Economy

Stocking Up: What Inventory Levels Say About the Economy