| 11. | It could reach $ 95 billion, he predicted, which would be a record rate of inventory accumulation.
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| 12. | The economy grew at a 3.3 percent annual rate, but about one-third was due to inventory accumulation.
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| 13. | On the negative side, the revisions reflect a slower pace of inventory accumulation and slower retail sales.
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| 14. | The inventory accumulation is bound to mean production cuts and fewer jobs until spending catches up, they said.
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| 15. | Capital spending and inventory accumulation by businesses were lower in the fourth quarter than previously estimated, the government said.
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| 16. | The economy grew at a 3 . 3 percent annual rate, but about one-third was due to inventory accumulation.
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| 17. | Much of last winter's big pileup, when inventory accumulation hit a record $ 91 billion, has already been whittled away.
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| 18. | Inventory accumulation contributed $ 51.4 billion to the economy's annual output rate of $ 7.1 trillion during the first quarter.
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| 19. | Most of the upward revision, Ms . Schaja felt, was caused by farm inventory accumulation that was stronger than estimated.
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| 20. | And Fed officials have noted in recent months that a sizable chunk of the recent inventory accumulation consists of imported goods.
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