Oil costs decline as marketplaces assess U.S. inventory growth and downturn concerns

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On Thursday, oil prices continued to decline as industry data pointed to another significant weekly increase in U.S. crude stocks, as deteriorating economic statistics as well as the prospect of an interest rate increase stoked mounting concerns about an impending downturn.

U.S. oil stocks climbed 7.6 million barrels the other week, defying predictions for the reduction for something like a second straight week, as according data from the American Petroleum Institute.

The number often predicts a common theme in formal U.S. Energy Information Administration statistics, which would be anticipated to indicate a depletion of 593,000 bpd late during the day.

After statistics on Wednesday disclosed that U.S. retail sales and industrial production dipped significantly more often than estimated in Dec, the API index was revealed. The readings increased anxieties about a probable slowdown in the world’s largest oil consumer in the world, which might have an effect on the demand for crude oil overall in this year.

By 23:34 ET, West Texas Intermediate crude futures were off 1.6percentage points to $78.56 per barrel while Brent oil futures were off 1.3percentage points to $83.86 per barrel (04:34 GMT). Despite the dismal U.S. GDP numbers on Wednesday, these contracts sank by more than 1 percent.

Concerns of an economic slowdown were also influenced by rising inflation readings from the UK and the Eurozone in addition to mixed information on U.S. monetary policy from a variety of Federal Reserve presenters.

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