Consumers will start to spend, shops restock and firms rebuild inventories.

And some experts say crude-oil prices will remain generally high as the oil industry seeks to rebuild very low inventories.

That is because a million or so more barrels a day will not be enough to rebuild global inventories to a comfortable level.

That stage will come when companies decide that demand is sufficient to justify rebuilding inventories.

Increasing production to rebuild inventories "means more people will be hired."

Some analysts think that it will be difficult to quickly rebuild inventories.

The arrival of that much oil would help rebuild American inventories, which have fallen to the lowest levels in almost three decades.

Thus dealers are now reluctant to rebuild inventories until they see more buyers.

Lumber distributors and retailers have moved into the market to rebuild inventories.

"It will take time to rebuild inventories," Marius replied.