Economic Downturn
» Economic Downturn, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2008
If respondent watches his/her inventory levels more closely now compared to six months ago.
10a. Are you watching your inventories more carefully because:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inventory composition is changing | 11 | ||
| 2 | Inventory is beginning to build more than desirable | 14 | ||
| 3 | You need to turn inventory faster | 19 | ||
| 4 | The overall economy is slowing | 46 | ||
| 5 | Other | 9 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 1 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 274 | |||
Notes: Forty-six (46) percent of small employers who watch their inventory levels more closely now compared to six months ago did so because of the overall slowing economy.
