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The disagreement of global demand, due to diminishing chances of economic growth in China and the possibility of the Federal Reserve not reducing interest rates, are impeding the oil market from sending supply signals following the Iran-Israel quarrel.
In his speech, Hiroyuki Kikukawa, President of NS Trading, cited the cause as “interpretations that the US interest rate cuts will probably be postponed due to slack economic data from China and other countries. Supply concerns increased the market earlier this week, but Iran’s overly conservative reaction contributed to sort terms demands.”
Powell, chair of the Fed, recently admitted that the new data stimulated our expectations above the figure experts had previously given, and this might suggest that the Federal Reserve will spend more time reassuring itself that inflation does not persistently exceed 2 per cent.
The Chinese economy made a positive surprise in the first quarter, beating the investors’ expectations. Still, the entire process was shown to be subjected to factors like slowing property investment, controlled retail sales, and limited industrial output, anticipating the weakening of demand, the principal factor for the economy.
The sanctions against Iran were not described as an eruption of oil export sanctions from the US against Iran, which is a country that faces an attack from Israel either way.
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