Финансовый словарь Финам.
Словарь терминов и сокращений рынка forex, Forex EuroClub.
By tracking business inventories along side sales, investors can interpret the direction of production demand going forward. If, for example, inventory growth is less than sales growth, production demand will increase, thus creating economic growth. The opposite could happen should inventory accumulation occur, which would cause national production to slow.