Cyclical Behavior of Inventories and Growth Projections Recent Evidence From Europe and the United States /

In the United States and a few European countries, inventory behavior is mainly the outcome of demand shocks: a standard buffer-stock model best characterizes these economies. But most European countries are described by a modified buffer-stock model where supply shocks dominate. In contrast to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmaister, Willy
Other Authors: Clausen, Jens
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/212
Online Access:Full text available on IMF