Brent olieprisen er de seneste måneder dykket kraftigt, især som følge af lavere forventet efterspørgsel, som følge af lavere økonomisk aktivitet. IEA har nedjusteret sit estimat for efterspørgsel fra 1,3 mio. tønder olie dagligt til 0,9 mio. skriver Commerzbank:
The oil price descent has noticeably lost momentum of late. Despite much “good” news on the supply side, the price of Brent has slipped not too far under the USD100 per barrel mark. Largely stable purchasing managers’ indices should support prices next week as the outlook for global oil demand would then not darken any further, now that the International Energy Agency has reduced its forecast for demand growth from 1.3 million to 0.9 million barrels per day within the last three months, thus contributing significantly to the 15% slump in oil prices since mid-June. An end to the downward revisions is undoubtedly a precondition for a recovery in oil prices but will not be enough to kick-start a turnaround.
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