Decline in Reserves Poses Threat to Oil Price Increase
Analysts from JP Morgan said this month that oil reserves – including crude products and fuels – now play a bigger role in determining oil prices than the US dollar because Western sanctions on Russia have accelerated oil trade in other currencies. “We expect stocks to drop relatively aggressively in July, and by the end of August, we should surpass the reserve increases we saw in the first half of the year,” said Christopher Haines,
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