41.   Shippers are watching inventories fall.

42.   That means inventories are falling fast.

43.   That was based on an estimate that inventories fell in March.

44.   The American Petroleum Institute was expected to report that U.S. crude oil inventories fell last week, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.

45.   The API report calmed some concerns that lagging production had allowed inventories to fall behind those of a year ago.

46.   The National Association of Purchasing Management said that more manufacturers paid higher prices in May and that business inventories fell, even as manufacturing contracted.

47.   The next survey will show improvements because inventories have fallen in most industries, with the possible exception of semiconductors, he said.

48.   The pace of deliveries slowed and inventories fell, hinting at a pickup in demand, according to analysts at MMS International in San Francisco.

49.   They were concerned because the pace of deliveries slowed and inventories fell, hinting at a pickup in demand, according to analysts at MMS International in San Francisco.

50.   U.S. inventories of crude oil fell last week, the American Petroleum Institute said in a report released after markets closed.