Concerns about demand have become the main market tone. Brent crude oil fell to a six-month low at one point, while US oil fell more than 4% during trading hours.
Despite the significant escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East this week, which once briefly pushed up crude oil prices, the concern about economic recession has become the main market sentiment, and investors are worried about the demand for crude oil. Oil prices fell sharply on Friday, falling for four consecutive weeks, marking the longest decline since December last year.
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Goldman Sachs and Citigroup both believe that Trump's tariff policy may bearish for oil prices. Goldman Sachs said that if tariffs severely affect the global economy, oil prices may fall by $11 to $19 per barrel next year.
Global commodity inventory is in a state of emergency: inventory days of available commodities outside of China experienced the largest month-on-month decline in 31 months.
JPMorgan said that the main reason for this decline was due to the decrease in crude oil and refined product inventories. The global available days of oil and refined products in June decreased sharply by 2.5 days, the largest monthly decline in four years.
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