What is inventory?Inventory
Goods produced but not yet consumed; rising stocks mean oversupply, falling stocks mean strong demand.
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- Physical CommoditiesCrude Oil: Inventories and Price
Weekly crude inventory data is the market's weathervane: rising inventories mean oversupply, falling inventories mean strong demand.
- Physical CommoditiesSeasonality: Harvests and Heating Season
Grain is harvested once a year and natural gas is used most in winter. Seasons give supply and demand a rhythm, and prices and inventories rise and fall with it.
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