The world is already producing more than 1 million bpd than it consumes, with oil stockpiles at record levels.
By this time, Mr. Strachwitz had stockpiled recordings by other Texas bluesmen that he had recorded on the same trip: Lil' Son Jackson, Black Ace and Whistlin' Alex Moore.
"This is one of the last places in New York with an original stockpile of records from the '50s, from the '60s, from the '70s," said Mr. Joe, who has been collecting records for more than 20 years.
That brought stockpiles to a record low in relation to demand, suggesting that factories would keep turning out goods.
SUPHAN BURI, THAILAND — Thailand is set to sell 500,000 metric tons of rice on world markets at a loss as it scrambles to offload a record stockpile deteriorating in warehouses filled with grain bought under a government program.
India has been assured that it will not face sanctions over the public stockpiling of grain.Alibaba reported record sales of $9.3 billion on "Singles Day", easily beating last year's figure of $5.8 billion.
Unwanted oil has been put into storage, creating record global stockpiles of more than 3bn barrels.
But imprisonment hasn't hurt his net worth: With the price of gold at record levels, stockpiles of gold galleons have appreciated significantly.
Firms' cash stockpiles are at, or near, record levels, and bond investors are clamouring for more corporate debt.
Indeed, for the major cereals, harvests are at record levels, and stockpiles that had fallen perilously low in recent years are being rebuilt.
