{"id":129736,"date":"2022-10-12T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=129736"},"modified":"2022-10-12T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:37:00","slug":"oil-edges-higher-as-dollar-eases-ahead-of-fed-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/oil-edges-higher-as-dollar-eases-ahead-of-fed-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Edges Higher As Dollar Eases Ahead Of Fed Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday after two consecutive sessions of losses.<\/p>\n
Prices received some support amid the threat of tighter supplies from OPEC and its partners. The upside, however, remained capped by growing risks of a global recession and tightening Covid-19 curbs in China.<\/p>\n
Benchmark Brent crude futures rose 0.4 percent to $94.66 a barrel, while WTI crude futures were up 0.2 percent at $89.53.<\/p>\n
A slight pullback in the dollar and supply tightness caused by OPEC and allies-led output cuts and disruptions to Russian oil production helped support oil prices. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden warned Saudi Arabia that there would be “consequences” for following the Riyadh-led alliance’s move to cut oil production.<\/p>\n
His remarks came a day after White House officials said the administration must immediately freeze all cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including arms sales. <\/p>\n
Diesel prices are soaring in Europe and the United States, spurring a fresh bout of inflationary pressure ahead of a winter that is expected to see major supply disruption.<\/p>\n
The energy crisis in Europe is threatening to escalate into a global price war, German business<\/span> paper Handelsblatt said. <\/p>\n Citi Research expects U.S. crude prices to average $96 a barrel and Brent prices to average $101 per barrel in 2022 in response to tightening supplies due to the output cut. <\/p>\n U.S. inventory data has been delayed by a day this week because of a holiday on Monday. <\/p>\n Industry data from the American Petroleum Institute will be released later today while the U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes its data on Thursday. <\/p>\n