The rapid rebuilding of inventories over the past few quarters has left it close to normal levels in some sectors. But the bigger picture is that economy-wide inventories are still exceptionally lean, suggesting that price pressures will ease only gradually, and that the pace of inventory accumulation, which is helping to support GDP, will not fade any time soon.
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