Commodity Markets Outlook, January 2016

The World Bank is lowering its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report from $51 per barrel in its October projections. The lower forecast reflects a number of supply and demand factors. These include sooner-than-anticipated resumption of...

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spelling okr-10986-236802017-12-14T08:59:04Z Commodity Markets Outlook, January 2016 World Bank Group commodity prices oil prices forecasts economic outlook price forecasts oil market global demand commodity consumption commodity trade balances The World Bank is lowering its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report from $51 per barrel in its October projections. The lower forecast reflects a number of supply and demand factors. These include sooner-than-anticipated resumption of exports by the Islamic Republic of Iran, greater resilience in U.S. production due to cost cuts and efficiency gains, a mild winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and weak growth prospects in major emerging market economies, according to the World Bank’s latest quarterly report. 2016-01-27T16:48:58Z 2016-01-27T16:48:58Z 2016-01-27 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23680 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic commodity prices
oil prices
forecasts
economic outlook
price forecasts
oil market
global demand
commodity consumption
commodity trade balances
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oil prices
forecasts
economic outlook
price forecasts
oil market
global demand
commodity consumption
commodity trade balances
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Commodity Markets Outlook, January 2016
description The World Bank is lowering its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report from $51 per barrel in its October projections. The lower forecast reflects a number of supply and demand factors. These include sooner-than-anticipated resumption of exports by the Islamic Republic of Iran, greater resilience in U.S. production due to cost cuts and efficiency gains, a mild winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and weak growth prospects in major emerging market economies, according to the World Bank’s latest quarterly report.
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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