Sentence examples for inventory drawdown from inspiring English sources

The slower inventory drawdown accounted for more than half of the growth in GDP in the fourth quarter.

The Institute for Supply Management said on Monday that its measure of factory stockpiles fell to 48 in May from 48.1, the 24th month of inventory drawdown.

In the first quarter of next year, when winter weather is normally more severe, he estimated the needed inventory drawdown at 1.8 million to 2.9 million barrels a day.

This is because sales are plunging faster than inventory drawdown.

Windows OEM revenue from consumers dropped a steeper 26percentt, due to what Microsoft calls "inventory drawdown and ongoing mix shift to opening price point devices".

Despite the large inventory drawdown in the first half of 2009, the inventory-to-sales ratio hasn't come down significantly (the ratio is still over 1.40, while the historical average ratio is close to 1.25).

In part because inventory drawdowns cushion the initial effects of short crops.

The latest data trickling out of the Shanghai Futures Exchange paint a bullish picture for copper and zinc, which saw inventory drawdowns of 4.2 Kt and 0.3 Kt, respectively.

"On a more positive note, the very sharp falls in industrial output in Sweden have entailed a significant drawdown of inventories," said Varun Bhabha, an analyst at Barclays Capital.

According to Mr. Annable's calculations, the second-quarter drawdown of inventories amounts to about $40 billion, the bulk of it coming from autos.

But a decline in vehicle production so far in this quarter because of shortages of parts from Japan could cause a drawdown in inventories and weigh on growth in the April-June period.