{"id":46917,"date":"2025-07-11T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=46917"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:39:17","slug":"oil-market-forecast-economic-impacts-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/oil-market-forecast-economic-impacts-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Trades Lower on Tariff Impact, OPEC+ Pause Talks, and Inflationary Pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recap:<\/strong> On Thursday, the oil market traded lower as market sentiment was weighed by the potential impact of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on economic growth. While the market is in a mostly wait and see mode given the Trump administration\u2019s history of back &#8211; pedaling on tariffs, the market remains worried about the inflationary pressures from the tariffs. The crude market traded sideways and posted a high of $68.65 early in the morning before it sold off sharply during the remainder of the session. The market retraced 50% of its move from a low of $64.00 to Wednesday\u2019s high of $68.94, as it posted a low of $66.45 ahead of the close. The market was pressured by a Bloomberg report that OPEC+ delegates are discussing a pause in output increases in October. The August WTI contract settled down $1.81 at $66.57 and the September Brent contract settled down $1.55 at $68.64. The product markets also ended the session lower, with the heating oil market settling down 1.49 cents at $2.3941 and the RB market settling down 3.54 cents at $2.1564.<br><br><strong>Technical Analysis:<\/strong> The crude market will remain in its sideways trading range as the market weighs the impact of the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs on the global economy and the OPEC+ discussion of pausing output increases in October against the sanctions imposed on Iran and the tension in the Middle East amid the strikes by Houthi militants on cargo ships in the Red Sea. There is also the possibility of the Trump administration imposing sanctions against Russia as President Trump is increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. The market is seen finding support at $66.45, $65.20, $65.00, $64.67, $64.55 and $64.00. Meanwhile, resistance is seen at $68.65, $68.94, $69.50, $71.20 and $72.90.<br><br><strong>Fundamental News: <\/strong>According to delegates, OPEC+ is discussing a pause in further production increases from October after its next monthly increase. Saudi Arabia and its partners already have a tentative plan to complete the revival of a 2.2 million bpd supply revival in September, with a final monthly tranche of 550,000 bpd. Delegates said that while talks are preliminary and no decisions have been taken, they will likely wait some time before moving onto reversing another layer of halted production, amounting to 1.66 million bpd.<br><br>OPEC cut its global oil demand forecasts for the next four years as Chinese growth slows, even as it lifted its longer-term view, based on increasing consumption in the developing world, and said there was no sign oil use had reached its peak. OPEC said in its 2025 World Oil Outlook that world demand will average 105 million bpd this year. It expects demand to increase to an average 106.3 million bpd in 2026 and then increase to 111.6 million bpd in 2029. The forecasts for demand in 2026 through 2029 are all lower than last year. Demand will average 106.3 million bpd in 2026, down from 108 million bpd seen last year. The 2029 forecast is down 700,000 bpd from last year&#8217;s figure.<br><br>Bank of America maintained its Brent oil price forecast at near $64\/barrel for the second half of 2025, assuming China\u2019s demand will not offset the full surplus in the market.<br><br>BNEF forecasts that global passenger jet fuel demand for July 8th-14th will increase 1.8% on the week to about 7.4 million bpd. This reflects growth of 4.5% on the year, based on schedules and implied demand derived from Bloomberg Terminal data. Asia will lead the regional gains with about 73,000 bpd.<br><br><strong>Early Market Call &#8211; as of 7:55 AM EDT<\/strong><br><strong>WTI &#8211; Aug $67.38, up 51 cents<br>RBOB &#8211; Aug $2.1591, up 12 points<br>HO &#8211; Aug $2.4164, up 2.25 cents<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recap: On Thursday, the oil market traded lower as market sentiment was weighed by the potential impact of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on economic growth. 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