Thus, record-high speculative prices have likely caused bunker traders to release inventory, but those releases may have been purchased by speculators who are now active lessees of commercial storage capacity. The implication is that speculators can drive up prices and increase their inventory holdings even as total commercial inventories remain little changed.
最后，库存的论点没能区分不同种类的库存。因此，破纪录的投机价格可能已经致使燃油交易商释放库存，但是这些库存释放可能已经被那些现在是活跃的商业库存能力承租人的投机者购买。这意味着即使在总商业库存没有很大的变化的情况下，投机者也能抬高价格并增加他们的库存保有量。