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Bank of Canada Review
Spring 1996
Index of Working Papers | Index of Technical Reports| Title | The role of inventory management in Canadian economic fluctuations |
| Author(s) | Hung-Hay Lau |
| Type | Bank of Canada Review article |
| Date of publication |
Spring 1996 |
| Language | English and French |
| Abstract |
Swings in inventory investment have traditionally played a major role in Canadian business cycles. However, advances in inventory-control techniques and the reduced uncertainty associated with lower inflation have enabled firms to manage their inventories much more tightly and effectively.
This article examines recent developments in the management of non-farm business inventories in Canada at both the aggregate and the sectoral level and looks at implications for the role of inventories as a source of economic fluctuation. |
| Bank topic index |
Domestic demand and components |
| JEL classification |
E22; E32 |
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